Laurence Sterne Quotes

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.

Laurence Sterne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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As a woman of a certain age - and really, ever since I hit puberty and my baby-making parts were suddenly subject to public debate - I've been told over and over again that I will 'change my mind' about not wanting kids.

Jen Kirkman

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Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

John N. Mitchell

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The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency decrees expiation for the violation of a norm; this concern finds expression in the infliction of punishment on the evil doer by agents of the state, the evil doer, however, enjoying the protection of a regular procedure.

Max Weber

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I made the first Moebius strip without knowing what it was.

Max Bill

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If each one of us does our bit, we will be helping to keep global warming from harming our countries.

Sienna Miller

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I am a very positive and optimistic person.

Rita Moreno

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I did not believe and I do not believe that Planned Parenthood should be defunded.

Lisa Murkowski

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You're supposed to be challenged in college.

Judy Blume

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When you've been on Instagram and Twitter long enough, you know how mean people can be.

Jonathan Van Ness

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I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.

Dick Dale

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I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad.

Dean Devlin

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I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer.

Peter Falk

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