Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The first time I watched basketball was in 2010.

Joel Embiid

TimeBasketballFirst TimeFirst

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

John Entwistle

I AmHappyPlayBandLikeVery

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary 'surfing' and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.

Andrew Weil

PotentialImpactInternetWorryCost

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

Robert Rauschenberg

ArtPossibilitiesYouBeginMaterial

When I began designing my Spring '13 collection, it wasn't even Spring '12 yet. Snow was actually still on the ground in New York, but I knew I wanted this particular spring season to be freer, more colorful, easier, more about feeling good, and I wanted there to be a sexier feeling than we've been known for in the past.

Michael Bastian

GoodSnowPastNew YorkSpringNew

I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.

Steven Wright

FriendCarFriendsClownFuneralHe

While President Bush's tax give-aways for the rich are pushing us further into debt, he compensates by increasing the out-of-pocket costs to our veterans.

Tom Harkin

RichTaxVeteransDebtPresidentUs

My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos.

Robert Edwards

WorkIdeasResearchEarlyFirstHis

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Roger Staubach

TrafficExtra MileAlongExtraMile

I try to start drinking water as soon as my feet hit the floor in the morning.

Mary Kay Andrews

MorningWaterStartFeetTryFloor

I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is.

Michael Shanks

ThinkHurtResultYouFeelingsSaid

Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society.

Michael Novak

SocietyConscienceGroundHereProof

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