Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Industry need not wish.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WishNeedIndustry

I have been in rooms with people arguing over a character that's not really fleshed out: that, just because the surname is Latino, that automatically means you have an accent.

Jimmy Smits

CharacterPeopleYouJust Because

To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.

Joan Didion

GoodBelieveGreater GoodEthical

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician.

John George Nicolay

LawyerPoliticianHeDidWhileThus

It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.

Meghan Daum

ChildMomVillageNeedTakeMay

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.

Robert Louis Stevenson

StyleArtFoundationLiteratureWeb

An eye for beauty locks onto faces that show signs of health and fertility - just as one would predict if it had evolved to help the beholder find the fittest mate.

Steven Pinker

BeautyHealthEyeHelpFindPredict

I got to see the American Dream unfold in my living room.

Ross Perot, Jr.

American DreamAmericanDreamLiving

I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian Andersen is a hero of mine.

Michael Morpurgo

HeroChristianUpThingsMineKids

I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.

Janice Dickinson

EatEverythingOrganicSureMake

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

Jonathan Nolan

PeopleYouAlwaysExcitedSomething

I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.

Dick Van Dyke

FutureTruthFunTruth IsTalking

It's funny that a lot of the fans of 'Angel' have come over and hung out with me on 'Leverage.' I was so fortunate to have been on that show. It created one of the best fan groups ever. I just have the best fans in the world.

Christian Kane

FunnyBestMeAngelWorldLeverage

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