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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Everything Where Sense Wanting

That's the best way to practice law, is writing about it and not having to be in the courtroom!

Best Practice Law Writing Way About

I don't know what Swiss musicians need to do to be heard beyond the borders of their own country. It was always clear to me that I belong everywhere, that music belongs everywhere. It simply never occurred to me that I had to limit myself to a country.

Music Myself Me Musicians Country

I hope I just keep continuing to inspire a lot of people and trying to make a change in this world.

Change Hope People World Inspire

Being tall is very good for reaching high shelves and seeing in a crowd. Sadly, it has also given me the inability to dance. There's too much of me to look neat, which is most disappointing.

Good Dance Me Seeing Look Too Much

If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the full weight of American resolve.

Commitment I Am American Feel Doubt

I seem to - knock on wood - land on my feet and work, but you can never get too comfortable, and that's kind of a good thing.

Diego Klattenhoff

Work Good Feet You Wood Land

I do come across people who don't like me, don't like my comedy, don't think it's funny, it's too cutesy, or whatever they hate. And it's like, 'Okay. That's your opinion. Somebody liked it, so that's good.' Hopefully it balances out.

Funny Good Hate People Me Opinion

I definitely have friends who gave me a tag for a joke I already had. Like, 'Here's another line.' A tag is, 'Oooooh, it's an industry term.' It's like, there's the punchline, and a tag is like a secondary punchline.

Me Friends Line Joke Industry Here

I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't erase it entirely, the idea that when you're sitting down to write a song, people are going to hear it.

Space People Mind Song You Down

I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.

Stupidity Me Think Play Years

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Friends Misfortune Who Those Really

Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.

William John Wills

Done Dead Our Camels Both

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