Benjamin Franklin Quotes

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Tragedy without comedy is melodrama, and comedy without a higher purpose is vacant.

Jesse Kellerman

PurposeComedyTragedyWithout

I think God's justice is making wrongs right.

Joel Osteen

GodJusticeThinkRightI Think

When I go in to see people - and I sell an occasional ad now - I never say, 'Help me because I am black' or 'Help me because I am a minority.' I always talk about what we can do for them.

John H. Johnson

I AmPeopleMeBlackHelpGo

Without Cambodia, I may never have become a mother. Part of my heart is and will always be in this country. And part of this country is always with me: Maddox.

Angelina Jolie

MotherHeartMeCountryWillBecome

You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom?

Michael Gove

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Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.

John Shelby Spong

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I actually have a pretty good sense of humor.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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When my country was born, many people were sceptical about the chances for us to exist, let alone prosper.

Miroslav Lajcak

AlonePeopleBornCountryChances

Any time, as an athlete, you taste victory, you taste the top of the mountain, you want to get there again.

Dell Curry

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I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.

Bruce Rauner

I AmEnemiesAnybodyAm

The prolific Chinodya has written a number of striking books, most notably 'Dew in the Morning', an exploration of an idyllic rural boyhood; the sophisticated 'Strife,' in which sins from the pre-colonial past cast shadows into the present; and the rich and varied short-story collection 'Can We Talk?'

Petina Gappah

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In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately.

Leonard Peltier

YouDaysGotJustStillMost

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