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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Mind Find Reason Make Reasonable

I was born May 31, 1911, in Paris. My parents owned a small cheese shop, and my maternal grandfather was a carpentry worker. I thus came from what is commonly known as the working class.

Parents Small Born Paris Grandfather

I just like building stuff.

Building Just Like Stuff

One of my favorite luxuries in life is travel. Jet lag and lost baggage aside, it's an incredible way to learn about other cultures, meet new people, broaden your horizons... and do some amazing shopping!

Life Travel People Amazing Shopping

I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them.

Time Parents Regret Wish Down Alive

While these attitudes are more visible when directed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much as they do the corporation they work for.

Work Government People More Evidence

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Funny Man Dignity Only Therefore

We live in a very different world than the one that we inherited from our parents and from our grandparents. Times are changing, and states must adapt to win.

Martin O'Malley

Live Parents Win World Adapt Must

We don't have a problem killing off characters on 'House of Cards.'

Problem House Cards Off Characters

We must stand on principle and practicality, and we should be very clear that a policy aimed at driving out 10 or 11 million people is not a good one.

Good People Stand Driving Out Clear

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

Relationship Persistence Talent Will

Anger is just not who I am, and I don't think it's what voters in the 6th district want. They want respectful, decent representation that contrasts so starkly with what we have in Washington.

Anger I Am Think Want Washington

The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'

People Country Go Want Singer Only

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