William Blackstone Quotes

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

William Blackstone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 10, 1723 - February 14, 1780

Topics

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I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out.

John Darnielle

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He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.

Ann Bancroft

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Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us blink out of existence... which we eventually did, but it took a few years.

Andy Hertzfeld

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When I have political discussions with my friends, I piss them off because my personal position is that there's no difference between the parties. It's the Red Sox and the Mets.

Michael Crichton

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This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be warped to the purposes of a casually ascendant influence.

John Tyler

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My aspirations aren't to sell millions of records, but to write really good songs.

Tom Odell

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I have been doing voice work my entire life, and I adore it. It is really rewarding stuff.

Robby Benson

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I'm sauteing asparagus, Brussels sprouts,broccoli, some boneless, skinless chicken breast, some halibut. That's about it; that's all I'm allowed. That's what's legal for me to saute.

Ron Funches

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'Whole Women's Health' made it very clear that poor women were no longer going to be left out.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I didn't know, at 22, that everything that happens to you, the good stuff as well as the less-good stuff, accrues and becomes your life.

Rumaan Alam

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Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.

Masayoshi Son

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