Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Benjamin Disraeli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881

Topics

KnowledgeGreatStepFactsYou

I started working at Focus on the Family doing debates and media and cultural studies.

John Eldredge

FamilyFocusDoingMediaStarted

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show,' I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself.

John Oliver

DailyMeTryingAuthorityActorUp

If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.

John McCain

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I find inspiration for my works of art in my studio and in the squared circle from all sorts of places.

Jeff Hardy

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Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

Amy Pascal

WorkYouWantWillEverythingOut

In these times of uncertainty for paper-based currency, I feel more secure in holding gold.

John Paulson

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I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

Steve Vai

CommitmentTalentEatingStartKnow

My mom and my dad are still together, but so many of my friends who got married just a few years ago aren't. Maybe it's that we compare ourselves to our parents' generation, thinking, 'Who's still together, and are they happy?'

Rodrigo Santoro

TogetherHappyParentsMomThinking

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Milan Kundera

AttitudeWisdomWorldToleranceDead

I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer.

Lizzy Caplan

DayBelieveFeelYouWantProject

Coming-of-age stories, people roll their eyes.

Dee Rees

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I don't know what the switch is from being insane to sane. It could be a number of things, what I eat, drink.

Boy George

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