Adam Smith Quotes

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

Adam Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: June 5, 1723 - July 17, 1790

Topics

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Good union leaders make excellent public leaders in the legislative and executive branches.

Robert Kennedy

GoodLegislativeBranchesUnionMake

I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once.

Amanda Holden

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Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.

Amy Acker

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Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?

Roald Dahl

GodMenPracticePreachOne Thing

I've had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - it's sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask, 'I'm not an actual narcissist, am I?' The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.

Rob Lowe

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My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died.

Mary Augusta Ward

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My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

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If I could press a button and have all of Sequoia Capital on the Midas List, I would choose to do that over a honoring a single individual.

Douglas Leone

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If you're going to play the bargaining game, you just need to make the other side mad. You want them to get a little annoyed. Then you know that you've come in with a good price.

Christopher Voss

GoodGameYouMadPlayKnow

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

Anton Corbijn

LifeExperienceControlStoryFeel

With awareness and a social movement against extremism, we can prevent our children from becoming terrorists.

Sheikh Hasina

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I've sat down with Donald Trump in an hour-and-a-half-long meeting with several of the representatives; he was very engaging. He listened to our concerns and our thoughts. I find him very parental.

Scott DesJarlais

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