Samuel Butler Quotes

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Samuel Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I am on E! for the 'Fashion Police,' I only care about being a critic. It loses me many friends.

Joan Rivers

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While some politicians argue over whether to believe scientists' almost overwhelming consensus on climate change, the business sector is a believer and is wisely planning ahead.

John Delaney

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If we can get this economy moving and quit doing the things that prohibit growth, Alabama... can sustain that growth.

Jeff Sessions

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The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.

Alva Myrdal

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I've gone through my trials and tribulations, and sure, it's gotten bumpy and all that, but I'm here. OK?

Tracy Morgan

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Robots are very tricky to design and expensive, whereas humans are cheaply manufactured. Humans can handle things with greater manual dexterity than most robots I've known.

Roger Zelazny

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In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present the idea of being a writer into poorer communities because the majority of black people in this country are working class. We need to let working-class people know that their voices are important.

Michaela Coel

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There's something really special to me about sharing mutual admiration with another musician.

Liv Bruce

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The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road.

Jon Krakauer

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If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others.

Anne Lamott

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I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

Richard Thompson

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When the United Nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action.

Nikki Haley

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