Samuel Butler Quotes

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

Samuel Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodGodBestCareTake Care

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

Jerry Reed

MoneySimplePeopleMeMotivation

Our constituents rightly hold us accountable for results.

John Fleming

ResultsHoldUsAccountableOur

Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.

Maya Lin

LoveMePuzzleOutFiguringPuzzles

War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

LoveWarDifficultThanScenesLess

I don't get cute, I get drop-dead gorgeous.

Alyssa Edwards

CuteGorgeousGet

Sex is hardly ever just about sex.

Shirley MacLaine

SexJustAboutEverHardly

Education is a very large area, and we have our hands full. For example, SSN has to become a university; we have to keep adding departments like it is with universities in the U.S.

Shiv Nadar

EducationHandsBecomeUniversity

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

Mike Tyson

CharacterMeSeePatheticSomeSort

The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.

Michael Morpurgo

LifeLiveHeartEyesPeopleWorld

I see a lot of my children. They're around the house all the time on the farm, you know.

Michael Leunig

ChildrenTimeFarmYouHouseKnow

When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer.

Jonathan Anderson

WorkStyleDoorYearStoneChoice

I knew I couldn't do what Eddie Izzard does, so I just tried to write some stories that were based, or partly based, on my own experiences.

Deirdre O'Kane

My OwnWriteExperiencesOwnJust

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