Francis Bacon Quotes

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Francis Bacon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeKnowledgeGreatActionEnd

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

Jeremy Renner

BelieveFamousKnowNeverAnybody

If faux liberal white guys want to support and defend Obama, by all means please do so. But I would suggest they try to limit that support to matters of policy and not perspectives on race.

John Ridley

SupportWhiteWantRaceTryLimit

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Simon Travaglia

SmileYourselfEffortTakesAllowing

We need schools like Doon and Mayo for the poor.

Shiv Nadar

PoorNeedLikeMayoSchools

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

Robert De Niro

RespectDoingYouDirectorChosen

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.

Robert Anton Wilson

BecauseIdealAnarchismAnarchist

We teach that God's love for His children is infinite.

Russell M. Nelson

LoveGodChildrenInfiniteTeach

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

Mary Harris Jones

MeSomeoneTeachersDiamondRough

Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.

Christine Pelosi

GreenActionCleanAspirationJust

What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where you can't get a job, you can't get a loan, you can't get a Pell grant, you can't get public housing.

Cory Booker

JobAmericanYouNowLoanHousing

The only thing that mattered to me with 'Xen' was setting things up against each other in an uncomfortable way. If there's a really soft piece of music, and then you're hit by a painful explosive sound, your brain does this funny somersault trying to make sense of why this happened. And at that very moment, your brain is malleable.

Arca

FunnyMusicMomentMeBrainYou

I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement.

Petra Collins

ReadingRememberBeingSeventeen

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