Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FishThreeSmellGuestsBeginDays

I think the world is much more transparent now, and I think that's probably a good thing. On the other hand, I think it makes it really tough for people who are natural born leaders who could be guiding us and leading our countries.

Jeremy Irons

GoodPeopleWorldToughThinkBorn

I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.

Andris Nelsons

NatureMusicSpaceThinkAtmosphere

I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it can go to your head.

Andrew Bogut

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

John le Carre

FictionWouldAuthenticRatherKnows

It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose.

John Sulston

SciencePurposeHumanityChooseBox

You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings.

Steve Guttenberg

FriendChanceMeetingsFriendsYou

I'm an old soul. I like the Nat King Cole; Sam Cooke is my favorite singer of all time. But I'm into neo-soul; I'm into R&B. Some of the modern stuff appeals to me, but most of it comes from an older time.

Trai Byers

TimeSoulKingMeOldSinger

My entire tenth grade year, my dad was in a coma. That changes a person. It changes a kid. It makes you ridiculously independent.

Rob Liefeld

YearYouPersonIndependentChanges

Lou Holtz, I was also a huge fan of. He was really funny. I think that's a big part of why I was attracted to the Razorbacks: I thought Lou Holtz was really funny. He is really funny. Too bad he's a born-again, or whatever.

Matt Besser

FunnyThinkThoughtBadWhyBig

I simply can't buy as much of some stocks such as Detection Systems or United Education & Software as I'd like because there just aren't all that many shares available.

Louis Navellier

EducationSoftwareBuyAvailable

A crucial responsibility of any central bank is to control inflation, the average rate of increase in the prices of a broad group of goods and services.

Janet Yellen

ResponsibilityControlGroupBank

Filmmaking was the way I could write characters and not have to give them up to anybody.

Dee Rees

FilmmakingWayWriteUpGiveThem

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