James Boswell Quotes

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

James Boswell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795

Topics

LoveLaughterWinningFriendsWorth

Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.

Jesse Williams

New YorkYouNewKindDopeComing

After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.

Jesse Ventura

DayGovernmentElectionInitiative

There are things one must do for oneself.

Robert Mugabe

ThingsMustOneself

I'm lucky to be collaborating with a lot of great songwriters/producers - and it's all about chemistry!

Sigrid

GreatChemistryLuckyAboutLot

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. It's important to alternate between the two activities.

Toni Servillo

EducationCharacterPerformanceYou

Probably the most reliable comfort music for me over the years has been Bach.

Rivers Cuomo

MusicMeComfortOverYearsBeen

Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.

Ruth Park

PassionWritingNeverUnderstood

Picasso's sculpture has incredible strength combined with a lack of pomposity.

Roy Lichtenstein

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I don't think I'm egotistical as much as I'm taking responsibility for what I'm putting out there.

Jon Favreau

ResponsibilityThinkOutEgotistical

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

DJ Khaled

GodMasterKeysActuallyMajor

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

Diane Ackerman

MirrorFaceYouLookSecretGaze

I think everybody has the ability to fall in love with a man or with a woman or a white person or a black person or a Jewish person or a Protestant person or whatever.

Ally Sheedy

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