Francis Bacon Quotes

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

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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People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

Joe Lhota

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I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.

John Bolton

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Washington faces many challenges these days, and today's United States Senate needs more trusted conservatives going there to make decisions and choices that put the people first and not the business-as-usual crowd.

John Fleming

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Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelling is to change it up. I think in a book, in any book, you can have a reactive character. Some of the great novels of all time have had that, but in a film you can't do that.

Melissa Rosenberg

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I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books.

Michael Connelly

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The most sacred duty of the President of the United States of America is to defend and protect the Constitution and the principles it enshrines: freedom, fairness, and equality.

Tom Steyer

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You never accomplish everything you want to accomplish.

Robin Wright

YouAccomplishWantNeverEverything

Sixteen times a year, all thirty-two NFL teams give us what we're looking for: speed, skill, violence, fantasy league orgasms and a final score. No confusion. No doubt. No indecision. A winner and a loser.

Mike Barnicle

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Everything we do affects other people.

Luke Ford

PeopleEverythingAffectsOther

Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.

Douglas Tompkins

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I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.

David Walton

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We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.

Bob Schieffer

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