Benjamin Franklin Quotes

God helps those who help themselves.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GodHelpWhoThemselvesThoseHelps

'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.

Melissa De Sousa

RomanticBestManWantFirstFilm

I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

Steve Prefontaine

PeopleGoRunWatchingOutGive

I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.

Tony Harrison

LifeLightDarknessDeathJust

Some of the best conversations I've had are sitting around a camp fire.

Robyn Davidson

BestFireSittingConversationsSome

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?

Mason Cooley

BeautyPowerWitUpGiveWould

Conservatives have deep distrust of government power, so I not only understand their privacy concerns, I share them.

Mike Pompeo

PowerGovernmentDeepPrivacyShare

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

Dorothy L. Sayers

TruthGreatTruth IsNobodyTelling

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

Chris Lilley

PersonalityPeoplePersonSuit

I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.

Bryan Cranston

NaturePeopleLawYouI CanNow

One of the reasons why I created the podcast called the 'The Call-In' that we do through Array - because as a black artist, every time I sit down with mainstream media, I'm asked about issues of race, identity and culture. No one asked what they ask my white male counterparts, which is: 'Where do you like to put the camera?'

Ava DuVernay

TimeCultureIdentityBlackMedia

I'm really excited about the future.

Alice Temperley

FutureExcitedAboutReally

I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful.

Sean Parker

PowerPerceptionThinkRealityYou

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