Francis Bacon Quotes

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Francis Bacon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LearningPeopleSpeakThinkOpinions

Anything I shouldn't laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I'm bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I'm thinking to myself, 'If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,' and then I start laughing and I can't stop.

Simon Cowell

MyselfMeSingingStartThinking

Once the tentacles of redistributionism wrap themselves tightly around every part of the economy - and around our psyches - they can never be unwound.

Monica Crowley

NeverEconomyWrapOurOnceAround

The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large and free ideas: and what thought is so grand as that of an ever-present God, in whom all that is vital in humanity breathes and grows?

Lucy Larcom

GodSoulIdeasFreeThoughtEarth

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Don Marquis

PeopleWorldRestBusyThinkUp

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us.

Chinua Achebe

ReligionCountryTroubleNowUpUs

As proud as I am of being Polish-Canadian, sometimes I'm so jealous I wasn't born Italian.

Antoni Porowski

I AmProudJealousBornSometimes

Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube.

Psy

GreatMoreYouTubeAudienceChannels

No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.

Pete Rose

RespectManagerOverYearsGreater

It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don't have very much, you have to think about it. If you are starving, you become interested in food. If you are struggling to pay the bills, money becomes tragically important.

Sebastian Junger

FoodMoneyFunThinkInteresting

Here's what's terrifying about Ebola. Ebola is invisible. It's a monster without a face. With the science that we have now, we can perceive Ebola as being not one thing but as a swarm, and the swarm is moving through the human population and expanding its numbers. It has the qualities of a monster.

Richard Preston

ScienceMovingFaceNumbersNow

I have a reputation that was sort of built on suits and boots, so I'm a huge fan of the sartorial equivalent of a mullet, where you're business on top and party on the bottom.

Nick Wooster

BusinessReputationSuitsBootsYou

Amongst my friends, I am known as the most cynical person they know - I'm incredibly cynical. I don't believe in God, I don't believe in the supernatural, I don't believe in anything! And I'm terribly cynical, and somehow or other, all three of my films and much of my television work has been rather sentimental, and 'heartwarming'.

Nigel Cole

WorkGodI AmBelieveFriendsKnow

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