William Cobbett Quotes

To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience.

William Cobbett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835

Topics

FamilyLoveFearFatherObedience

I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.

Jeff Vandermeer

StyleStoryCareTake CareDown

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

Merritt Wever

WorkPoetryActingJokeOutUsed

On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.

John Sulston

FatherMotherEngineersFarmersSide

Work at being a humble person.

John Templeton

WorkHumblePersonBeing

More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

Simon Sinek

PeopleNegativeExpectationsBetter

What's important for that person on the other side of the table, and what's important for the client?

Troy Carter

TablePersonImportantSideClient

I learned the business in about two months, and then made as much as the others, and was consequently doing quite well when the factory burned down, destroying all our machines - 150 of them. This was very hard on the girls who had paid for their machines.

Rose Schneiderman

BusinessDoingDownOthersHardTwo

The No. 1 best-selling Christmas album of all time is from Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, the Jewish smooth-jazz legend Kenny G. American Jews have always produced a lot of holiday music, just not Hanukkah music.

Matisyahu

MusicTimeLegendAmericanHoliday

People often ask whether Obama passes the 'kishka test:' whether he likes Israel special, not in the same way he likes Taiwan or South Korea? Does he? I think the kishka test was decided when he visited Israel. I think the reaction there was emotional and genuine.

Michael Oren

PeopleThinkTestGenuineWayAsk

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more and more.

Jules Renard

LifeLoveGrowUnderstandMoreLess

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Joseph Roux

GoodPeopleLaughCryTeethFine

I listen to a lot of non-classical music at home, but I don't get many opportunities to sing it.

Claron McFadden

HomeMusicOpportunitiesListenGet

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