Laurence Sterne Quotes

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

Laurence Sterne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 24, 1713 - March 18, 1768

Topics

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Then, after I came home from Europe, I found I was under condemnation; and I was condemned at that time because I did not endorse the financial policy of the General Conference.

John Harvey Kellogg

HomeTimeFinancialPolicyEurope

Sex is a slotmachine.

John Dos Passos

Sex

I want to be remembered as a great footballer and a great player. When our football days are over, that's all we are - people.

Andres Iniesta

GreatFootballPeopleWantOverOur

To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

John McTiernan

IdeasFindHardProvocativeWorks

I wanted to be a plumber.

Robert Goulet

PlumberWanted

It is time for us to make a real commitment to our rural communities by expanding broadband, by supporting our farmers, by building affordable housing and taking on rural poverty. That's how we leave no one behind.

Amy Klobuchar

TimeCommitmentBuildingPovertyUs

My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV.

Stephanie Zimbalist

BusinessNew YorkBornNewNeverUp

Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the relation of words to reality - the way that speakers commit themselves to a shared understanding of the truth, and the way their thoughts are anchored to things and situations in the world.

Steven Pinker

TruthWordsThoughtsWorldReality

It's not my habit to kiss and tell. I've never done it.

Simon Cowell

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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.

Simone Biles

MeQuestionsNeverAnswersMissing

It's like our relationship is always about the other side that isn't the obvious side.

Rosario Dawson

RelationshipAlwaysSideObviousOur

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Mary Catherine Bateson

GivingSharingSometimesMoreThan

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