Alexander Pope Quotes

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Alexander Pope

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WitWitsDunceDunces

I have been on a horrible sea cruise. When my wife and I went to Mexico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands, I was seasick for a lot of the time. I didn't like being trapped on a ship with a bunch of shuffleboarders.

Joe R. Lansdale

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Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.

Maya Lin

YouNothingNextGuaranteedBefore

Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized - if he went to watch a theater show, 'Ah! He is here tonight.'

Max von Sydow

GreatHumorLaughYouSense Of Humor

I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro.

Amy Waldman

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If you only do it for money, that's only what you get.

Stephen Bennett

MoneyYouGetOnly

I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and one at my parents' house. I can watch it over and over again and it never gets old. He is the funniest, wittiest man on the planet!

Sophia Bush

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As you get older, you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people.

Rumer Willis

ParentsPeopleYouGetOlderYour

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.

Christina Ricci

LoveCharacterYouFallKnowPilot

I am an actor and mouldable enough to do films like '2 States,' 'Gunday,' and 'Finding Fanny.'

Arjun Kapoor

I AmEnoughFindingActorLikeAm

My upbringing has always been quite equal in terms of cultural influences. But it's unlikely that anything could prepare you for a job that involves belting out Proclaimers songs on camera, in Edinburgh and in public.

Antonia Thomas

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Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

Sydney J. Harris

BestPracticeSometimesWayIdea

I felt so much pressure to come out on other people's terms, you know? I should have come out.

Sean Hayes

PeoplePressureYouKnowOutCome

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