Samuel Butler Quotes

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

Samuel Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LegacySomeoneDieYouLeftDecent

When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.

Meg Whitman

PeopleBrandNameYourRemarkable

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

Andre Dubus III

FatherSomewhereSometimeExpecting

In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work.

John Taylor Gatto

WorkHomeTeacherSchoolKidSystem

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

Steffi Graf

ShapePlayingGetJustAgainKnew

Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots.

Tracy Austin

StupidLossBadNeverSheShots

The administration has taken its inexcusable apathy a step further, declaring that even abiding by the few token sanctions in place isn't truly necessary, as evidenced by the now 20 countries to which the Obama administration has granted waivers to continue doing business with Iran.

Trent Franks

BusinessStepDoingPlaceNowEven

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

Robin S. Sharma

LifeLearningGoalsYourselfWriting

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.

Jason Isbell

WorkStoryThinkBetterEnoughTry

The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy.

Deborah Eisenberg

LiveDailyExperienceWorldMatter

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.

Boris Pasternak

WorldWonderfulThingsSawWould

I'm really into fashion, and there's this fascination the world over around this idea of the French woman.

Brigitte Macron

WomanWorldFashionOverIdea

The flop that hit me was 'Tevar.' It felt like someone knocked the wind out of me. When you do a home production, it always hurts more. I wasn't ready to accept that 'Tevar' didn't do well.

Arjun Kapoor

HomeMeWindSomeoneYouReady

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