Francis Bacon Quotes

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Francis Bacon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626

Topics

HumorImaginationManSense Of Humor

We're all going to keep telling love stories, we're all going to tell hero stories. It's all a question of what your own thumbprint, your own DNA, is, and what it brings to the table that makes it unique.

Andrew Stanton

LoveHeroUniqueTableDNAQuestion

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

John Cleese

I CanWayWriteWellGetRole

I am America's number-one fan. I like your food. Especially corn flakes.

Maximilian Schell

FoodI AmAmericaCornFanYour

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.

Johnny Ball

QualityGovernmentLostCredibility

Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.

John Polanyi

GovernmentPressureViewMoralUse

When I was younger, my sister thought it was funny to pretend to punch me in the face because my mom was concerned about my teeth falling out. They were loose for a long time, and she knocked out my teeth.

Amy Adams

FunnyTimeMeMomSisterFace

Look, we have existed for 4,000 years - 2,000 years in diaspora, in exile. Nobody in the Middle East speaks their original language but Israel. When we started 64 years ago, we were 650,000 people. So, you know, we are maybe swimming a little bit against the stream, but we continue to swim.

Shimon Peres

PeopleSwimmingLanguageYouLook

For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should have been awarded a knighthood, even possibly the Garter.

Michael Korda

MomentSexySeemBeingBeenMade

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

Denis Diderot

LoveEndFeelDesireNothingAim

I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It's kind of my uniform, really.

Clemence Poesy

ThinkUniformKindComfortableFeels

I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.

Coco Chanel

BirdMenManMoreNeverThan

I think it can be fun to be single and date-like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of a relationship, and, after get over the initial shock, your thinking, Hey, it's kind of cool being single.

Breckin Meyer

RelationshipFunCoolThinkThinking

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