George Bancroft Quotes

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

George Bancroft

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 3, 1800 - January 17, 1891

Topics

TruthTruth IsEnoughDependWho

I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing.

Jennifer Connelly

ResearchFindGoKnowWantWorst

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.

Maurice Gibb

StarsLiveCarSmartDriveThink

If you can keep something very personal, like a song, like a color, like a story, deep in your heart, then nobody can destroy that. Nobody can destroy your imagination; nobody can destroy your love.

Rithy Panh

LoveHeartImaginationSongDeep

These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.

Jason Calacanis

TryingYouDaysGetHeadlinesClick

Maybe I am a bit of a siren.

Jorja Smith

I AmMaybeSirenAmBit

A lot of the people I'd love to work with, like John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, aren't alive, unfortunately.

Drake Bell

WorkLovePeopleAliveElvis Presley

You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

Chesty Puller

SportsHurtYouHit

'Southland' was really where I learned so much about drama.

Cheo Hodari Coker

DramaWhereMuchLearnedReally

I've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.

Anthony Geary

SaidCircumstancesAlwaysOperaSoap

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

Auguste Rodin

GoodMenNobodyImpunityDoes

Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence.

Alice Walker

ReadingSometimesWriteSeeI See

Nick Knight was my first big gig as a 'real' model. Prior to and during 'ANTM,' I never actually called myself a model because I always viewed it as a hobby.

Winnie Harlow

MyselfHobbyNeverFirstRealBig

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