Laurence Sterne Quotes

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

Laurence Sterne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HappinessManPrinciplesWillHeight

It's good to be in a position to know that I've inspired musicians, from what I've learned to lay down personally, and collectively with Led Zeppelin.

Jimmy Page

GoodMusiciansDownKnowInspired

It just seemed hedonistic when I first started acting. It was a pleasurable thing. But as I look back on it now, I understand that it was a journey of the self for me.

John Cho

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Most shareholders have little if any control over the companies in which they own stock, even if they own a million shares.

Robert Kiyosaki

ControlOverLittleOwnShareholders

I think we will have full marriage rights in Colorado. But in 1992, there was a very hateful Amendment 2 that basically made it legal for any institution to deny gays and lesbians access, whether it's hospitals or restaurants or employment. Anybody could fire you or not let you in a restaurant because you were gay.

Martina Navratilova

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There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

Michael Jordan

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People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.

August Strindberg

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Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author.

Arthur Miller

LifeGameFindMostPastimeMinor

For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music together.

Shane Filan

MusicBeautifulTogetherLongStop

It is only through reading that one can understand how people are smarter than you and what they have left behind for you.

Twinkle Khanna

PeopleReadingYouUnderstandLeft

My problem on 'Safe' was that when I liked something, I would giggle.

Todd Haynes

ProblemSafeSomethingWouldGiggle

Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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Martial arts is a life journey. One of the things my teacher taught me a long time ago was that everyone's path to the mastery of a certain system is different. Some people's path is a very direct route, where others might wind back and forth if you are injured or something.

Ryan Potter

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