Samuel Butler Quotes

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

Samuel Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902

Topics

LoveFearTruthMenColdShe

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

Robert Kiyosaki

BusinessBadRealEmergeTimes

Art should be able to be innovative without compromising itself. That's why I believe artists should have bigger preoccupations than checking the price tags on their work or becoming curators' darlings.

Maurizio Cattelan

WorkArtBelievePriceWhyWithout

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeManRiskFirstTakeGreatest

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

Robert Frost

ThinkingVotingAgreeing

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Robert W. Service

MotherTalentPoetryYouHandTry

I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.

Robert Zemeckis

FamilyMomWindowWorldNightFree

You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.

Martin Short

EasyYouGoSayThroughBecause

So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.

Michael Phelps

DayGolfVegasYouPlayKnow

Time can be an enemy or a friend.

Joseph Brodsky

FriendTimeEnemy

If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.

Christie Hefner

LearningYouFindProfessionalStop

I'll flip a stupid tire. But I ain't running.

Brantley Gilbert

StupidTireFlipRunning

When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff.

Bob Odenkirk

GoodPeopleLookingDoingDoing Good

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