Benjamin Franklin Quotes

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790

Topics

MoneyPennyEarnedSaved

I was given the opportunity to write the kind of book that I wanted to write, rather than one that catalogues where I sang and what I sang and what I wore. I wanted to write a book about an American family, the family that has produced me. The longer I live, the more I realise the incredible support and love we were given as children.

Jessye Norman

FamilyLoveLiveChildrenSupport

I love seeing people smiling, dancing. There's enough sadness in the world, man.

Anderson East

LoveManPeopleWorldSadness

ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business.

Robert Sternberg

ChangeBusinessBlameGraduationOwn

What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when I needed it.

Sophie Hannah

MeWritingEverythingHeadMost

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Robert Burns

CharacterWishAlwaysResolve

Too many in Washington display a ruling class mentality, and congressional term limits would go a long way towards restoring the citizen-legislator ethos of the Founding Fathers.

Ron DeSantis

LimitsLongGoWashingtonClassWay

I've got them in the can and I am looking for a label.

Michael Owen Bruce

I AmLookingGotLabelThemAm

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

Lisa Randall

MeIdeasKindHappenDifferentJust

I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.

Jonathan Davis

MusicBeginningBeenElectronic Music

I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people.

Anthony Hopkins

PersonalityI AmPeopleSolitudeOwn

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

HopeWorldWillSpiritSelf-Interest

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.

Witold Gombrowicz

GoMoreWhoThanDistinguished

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