Francis Bacon Quotes

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Francis Bacon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExperiencePlantsToo MuchNeedGive

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

Spike Lee

PeopleThinkLookImportantI Think

Infrastructure alone won't end poverty. The World Bank had to learn this lesson, too. While we believed too much in bricks and mortar in our early days, we now understand that bringing together funding, technical expertise, and tested knowledge goes much further.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

KnowledgeAloneTogetherWorldEnd

Change is not threatening.

Steve Wynn

ChangeThreatening

When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist - a lefty, commie guy, pinko man.

Ry Cooder

ManMeGuitarOldFirstYears

Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy.'

Mitch Albom

WaitBookYouBackChapterRun

But you are alone. Yet I never tell what you are. And if your face lights up my world as no other can - well, this feeling too, when viewed as the mere psychologist has to view it, appears to be simply what all the other friends report about their friends.

Josiah Royce

AloneWorldFaceViewFriendsYou

It's not my business what other people think of me.

Jon Jones

BusinessPeopleMeThinkOther

If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.

Don McLean

DownWriteWindsWithoutUpWhole

Cable is a great medium. It's something I respond to. I'm not doing sitcoms. People don't find me funny. That's just the way it is.

Diego Klattenhoff

FunnyGreatPeopleMeDoingFind

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

Kristen Bell

HeartBetterCountryDetroitUp

Basketball is pretty big in Latvia.

Kristaps Porzingis

BasketballPrettyBig

I had never created my own business before. I had always been the gun to hire... But I had to finally say, nobody is going to give me my dream job, so I better figure it out myself.

Julie Wainwright

BusinessMyselfJobMeGunBetter

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