Francis Bacon Quotes

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

Francis Bacon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

John D. Rockefeller

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I appreciate my time in the gym.

Melanie Roach

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It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government.

Robert Jackson

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The minute a collective alliance fails to live up to its agreement to collective defence, then from that moment on, everybody is on the run.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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The great myth that many social scientists want to encourage is that there is an incompatibility between modern technology and traditional religion. This is absolute nonsense. If anything, it's the reverse.

Rodney Stark

TechnologyGreatReligionWantMyth

It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while the world cries out for greater analysis and insight, we are distracted by bread and circuses, aka the 'Great British Bake-Off' and 'Tumble.' We should rediscover our tradition of satire. Of speaking truth unto power.

Rory Bremner

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When you drink water and stay hydrated all the time, it's good for all the organs in your body.

Rozonda Thomas

GoodTimeWaterYouBodyYour Body

Hundreds of people are undergoing gene therapy today. There are no known neurological issues.

Liz Parrish

TodayPeopleTherapyNeurological

I love being pregnant. You can do whatever you want.

Claudia Schiffer

LoveYouWantBeing PregnantBeing

Black women fought for the right to vote during the suffrage movement and fought again during the civil rights movement. The rote narrative in the press of the civil rights movement is truncated with the briefest of histories of men like Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, or John Lewis.

Anthea Butler

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At last we've seen the first installment of Joss Whedon's new web series, 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog,' and it's sweeter than we'd ever imagined.

Annalee Newitz

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I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence.

Phillip Noyce

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