Alexander Pope Quotes

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744

Topics

WordsNewWillOldFirstSame

The downside to becoming a doctor, I think, is it's a very long process; four years of medical school, three years of internship, two years of residency, umpteen years of specialization, and then finally you get to be what you have trained almost all your life for.

Jim Lee

LifeMedicalSchoolDoctorThink

I love the challenge of taking these really complicated subjects and trying to humanise them.

Matthew Heineman

LoveChallengeTryingComplicated

Legal discrimination between the sexes is, in almost every instance, founded on outmoded views of society and the pre-scientific beliefs about psychology and physiology. It is time to sweep away these relics of the past and set further generations free of them.

Shirley Chisholm

TimePastSocietyFreeLegalAlmost

Entrepreneurial people are never satisfied.

Tom Douglas

PeopleNeverSatisfied

I received a lot of complaints from parents who wrote and told me that their kids wouldn't go to sleep until our show was over. So I went on the air and told all the children watching to 'listen to their Uncle Miltie and go to bed right after the show.'

Milton Berle

ChildrenSleepParentsMeUncleGo

I firmly believe in the old adage 'Actions speak louder than words.' This means proactively seeking women for roles within boards, identifying opportunities for diversity within teams, and finding ways to use your platform to mentor women - and then encourage them to do the same.

Mindy Grossman

WomenWordsDiversityBelieveSpeak

I read 'The Rum Diary,' and I didn't really like it very much.

Bruce Robinson

DiaryLikeReadMuchVeryReally

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

William Shakespeare

StrikeWillWitWatchWindingHe

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.

William Hazlitt

ManWiseWise ManIdiotOverCannot

If I was a parent or a kid, I would need a cell phone, and those things are invaluable, but my kids are out of the house now, and I am thrilled when I wake up to not have a cell phone, and feel like today is stretching out in front of me for 1,000 hours, as it seems.

Pico Iyer

TodayI AmMeCell PhoneWake Up

Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.

Sean Parker

GoodThinkLearnDoingHatsYou

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

Seinabo Sey

TimeMyselfSchoolControlMore

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