Benjamin Franklin Quotes

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyStandSorrowPleasureMark

I'm a pretty active person. I love yoga, crossfit, Zumba, and got to get that occasional hike in at Runyon Canyon when I can. I also love mentoring youth.

Sufe Bradshaw

LoveYouthI CanPersonMentoring

I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.

Ron White

MoreAlwaysStageGotFoundCloser

No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.

Michel de Montaigne

CommunicationMePleasureWithout

I hear a lot of artists become kinda self-referential, and a lot of people that tour a lot tend to write about the perils of being on the road later in their careers.

Lucy Dacus

PeopleRoadBecomeWriteArtists

I don't think about a theory of everything when I do my research. And even if we knew the ultimate underlying theory, how are you going to explain the fact that we're sitting here? Solving string theory won't tell us how humanity was born.

Lisa Randall

ResearchThinkHumanityYouBorn

For decades, the pace of technological change in manufacturing has outstripped that in the economy as a whole. And, so, firms - manufacturing firms - have found it easier to continue producing by - with - reducing their workforces.

Janet Yellen

ChangeManufacturingEconomyPace

When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems.

Jon Fishman

WorkFoodManFunPeopleWorld

We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win.

Johnny Isakson

WarEvilWinWorldAgainstGoing

We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.

Donald Trump

DreamsWealthBackWillBordersOur

Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.'

Chuck Schumer

HealthGovernmentTeaCareParty

When I meet somebody in the street who knows about 'Humans of New York,' a lot of times they might have a scripted answer, and that scripted answer is the first thing to come out of their mouth.

Brandon Stanton

New YorkMouthNewStreetMeetOut

There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.

Bryant H. McGill

MenBecomeWhereWellThanFew

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