Jacob Epstein Quotes

I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.

Jacob Epstein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sculptor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 10, 1880 - August 19, 1959

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FatherHomeMenRememberManners

Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry.

Jesse McCartney

MusicTimeMeTryWriteIndustry

Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company's interests. But by and large, financial firms in particular commonly hire people who have certain connections, whether through family or a business relationship.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

FamilyGoodBusinessRelationship

Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives.

John McCarthy

ShortMayShelfLivesSuicidal

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

Angela Lansbury

MysterySomethingMostEverybody

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

WorldThinkDangerousMoreExpansion

Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.

Jeff Flake

TravelGovernmentTellWhereUsOur

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

Jean Piaget

BeginningNeverPsychologyGenetic

I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

TimeYouEarlyNiceWantSound

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.

Sparky Anderson

GodFunYouTouchWayPitching

When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he's gonna be doing stuff that was influenced by me.' I was trying to get my five minutes together. So now that those people are comedians and they're influenced by me - it's bizarre.

Steven Wright

TogetherPeopleMeThinkingDoing

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.

Sting

FootballAmericanLooksUnderstand

The Woody Guthrie 'Dust Bowl' tunes were really fascinating.

Ry Cooder

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