Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BusinessWisdomBestHandsTrouble

I just hope that people, women specifically, embrace that side of themselves that maybe is a little nuts or that society tells us is crazy.

Jenny Mollen

WomenHopePeopleCrazySocietyUs

The biggest honor is to be an astronaut. It's such a tremendous privilege to be able to represent humankind in our quest to explore space.

John M. Grunsfeld

SpaceHonorPrivilegeExploreQuest

I was raised in the Depression, when there was a great sense of dog-eat-dog and people fighting over scraps.

John Updike

GreatDepressionPeopleFighting

My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.

Stephen Marley

FatherMusicMyselfI AmPlaceMust

My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever. He uses a lot of similes and metaphors. He's a beast of a rapper.

Trip Lee

MusicMeWritingStartArtistBeast

When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions.

Russ Feingold

TimeSupportYouIndependentUnions

I'm an avid bicyclist, so I catch some sun while I'm out bicycling.

Dennis Muilenburg

SunOutCatchSomeAvidWhile

In high school, I worked at The Video Room in Oakland, California. It had the largest selection of laser discs in the Bay Area. One guy owned all of them.

Colin Trevorrow

SchoolHigh SchoolCaliforniaHigh

A major driver of the cost of healthcare in the United States is a compromise that was reached with the American Medical Association in the 1960s when Medicare was first established.

Clayton M. Christensen

MedicalCompromiseAmericanFirst

Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.

Claire Danes

YouNiceOverPubertyGetPeak

Anyone with a child knows that children learn about the world through binary options: up or down, hot or cold, big or little, inside or outside, wet or dry, good or bad, boy or girl, man or woman.

Phyllis Schlafly

GoodGirlChildrenWomanManChild

All of us are feeling scattered and distracted as we try to keep up with an accelerating world. But nearly all of us have an answer in our hands, in simply choosing to do nothing and go nowhere for a while.

Pico Iyer

WorldHandsFeelingGoNothingTry

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