Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 25, 1800 - December 28, 1859

Topics

WordsBrokenGovernmentPeopleSay

We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.

John Burroughs

HappyBe HappyOthersHereMake

Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens. It just does.

John C. McGinley

DownWhyOutCommonJustHappens

A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love ourselves. We don't have a way of kind of gauging the future.

Jennifer Holliday

LoveFuturePictureKindBig Picture

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

Robert Mondavi

YouSayDrinkCriticsConsumers

Shows like 'All in the Family' and now 'Mom' - there's a tradition of tackling real issues.

Max Greenfield

FamilyMomTraditionNowRealLike

Definitely dub is in my body forever. I think I hear everything through a dub filter. Even when I play rock music, I play through a dub filter.

Meshell Ndegeocello

MusicThinkBodyPlayRockFilter

Each one of us interprets various stimuli according to our own personal sensibility.

Stefano Gabbana

PersonalOwnUsOurSensibility

The idea of what's acceptable and what's shocking, that's where I investigate. I mean, you can't be on 'Top Gear,' where your only argument is that it's all just a joke and anyone who takes offence is an example of political correctness gone mad, and then not accept the counterbalance to that.

Stewart Lee

PoliticalYouMadArgumentAccept

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.

Mary Schmich

DayJobDownKnowDoneWorkplace

At any given time, when there is a Republican president, typically we regard that person as the leader of the Republican Party.

Mike Lee

LeaderTimePartyPersonPresident

I'm so glad I'm not 20 years old anymore. I was in a hurricane. I'm a lot calmer now. I don't cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go.

Christina Ricci

MyselfGoNowOthersOldYears

Science already contained all that was necessary, if you just brought it out.

Arthur Young

ScienceYouOutJustNecessary

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