Walter Scott Quotes

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

Walter Scott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 15, 1771 - September 21, 1832

Topics

LifeMenRisksActionChanceHonor

I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really.

Jimmy Wales

NatureWorryJustReally

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Jim C. Hines

AloneHealthFunEnoughTurnPark

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

John Goodman

LevelLikeKidsAroundThemGoofing

David Blaine, I think, was the first TV magician to really turn the camera around and make it about the spectator's experience. That's really what magic is all about.

Michael Carbonaro

ExperienceThinkCameraMagicFirst

I think if there was a sharing in the ups, a sharing in the downs, the country would not be as divided.

John Schnatter

ThinkCountrySharingDividedWould

When I was as little as four years old, my mom would give me a pen and paper and tell me to write a story to keep me busy.

Tracie Peterson

MeMomStoryBusyPenWrite

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

Mary Quant

MorningLunchWavesWarmGarden

Because there are now online databases of federally funded research, and these databases are searchable by keyword, sex researchers have to be careful how they title their projects. It's become a simple matter, for those who are so inclined, to find and target researchers whose work they object to on religious grounds.

Mary Roach

WorkSimpleResearchSexFindNow

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

Missy Elliott

MusicCreativeImpactAlwaysHad

It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WorkWomenThinkHellFriendsYou

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

Joyce Maynard

StoryAbilityTellLevelBasicMost

We need to prove to American voters, particularly independent voters who gave us this opportunity to lead, that this is not your grandfather's tax-and-spend Democratic Party.

Jared Polis

OpportunityAmericanPartyProveUs

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