Walter Bagehot Quotes

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Walter Bagehot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 3, 1826 - March 24, 1877

Topics

GreatInterestingLegendsMoreVices

I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of stories that I admired and just working and working until the sentences sounded right and I was satisfied with them.

Jhumpa Lahiri

WritingReadingProcessYouRight

I don't want to sound too bleeding heart, because I know how lucky I've been, but I never knew how hard it was to be the lead in a television show.

Jessica Raine

HeartTelevisionKnowWantLucky

There are so many male antiheroes but not nearly as many female antiheroes.There's a lot of pressure on female characters to be likable. That puts a lot of pressure on women to be likable.

Melissa Rauch

WomenPressureManyFemaleLikable

You can't deny the experience of a store. It's fantastic if you're a global brand and you've got the power or the funds to support that bricks-and-mortar space, but we certainly weren't and aren't.

Matthew Williamson

PowerExperienceSupportSpaceBrand

I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness.

Simon Cowell

HappinessI AmLookingYouNever

I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.

Roger Federer

HeroChildhoodI AmProudHimUp

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Rod Blagojevich

EducationHealthChildChanceCare

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

PeaceWarSupportWithoutCannot

I'm an avid bridge player. I usually go to the local bridge club three or four times a week. I've always been a game-player, and I think bridge is one of the greatest games ever invented. It's too bad that not many young people play it any more.

Louis Sachar

PeopleBridgeThinkWeekBadPlay

So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.

Liz Phair

EndFeelArtistMattersComingWell

I am one of the crucified dead.

William Henry Moody

I AmDeadCrucifiedAm

On the one hand, faith is a profoundly personal contact with God, which touches me in my innermost being and places me in front of the living God in absolute immediacy in such a way that I can speak with Him, love Him, and enter into communion with Him.

Pope Benedict XVI

LoveGodFaithMeSpeakI Can

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