Samuel Butler Quotes

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

Samuel Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveMoneyEvilSaidWantBeen

I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience.

Jerry Herman

GenerationTryingCreateNewBring

By the time I wrote 'Any Given Sunday' or 'Bats,' I sort of knew what my job was in terms of what a writer of dialogue does.

John Logan

TimeJobSundayDialogueKnewSort

I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.

John Huston

GodThinkDrunkDeadJustPrefer

For a country that makes such a fuss about love on the 14th of February, America has a funny way of showing it on the other 364 days of the year.

Amanda Foreman

FunnyLoveFebruaryAmericaYear

During the 1960s, rising real wages for low-income and high-income workers, due in part to rapid economic growth and the spread of unionization, worked in tandem with expanding government support systems to improve Americans' well-being.

Stephanie Coontz

GrowthGovernmentSupportWell-Being

I've learned to sell my music, I've learned to direct, I've written screenplays... All of this fulfilled my artistic needs but also put food on the table.

Robby Benson

MusicFoodTableSellNeedsDirect

I always assign auditors to strictly supervise the businesses.

Robert Budi Hartono

AlwaysAssignStrictlySupervise

For years, I survived as an artist on grants and touring as a dancer with dance companies, and I was living underground like so many artists, hand-to-mouth and so forth. And I never had the power to make decisions.

Ron Ben-Israel

PowerDanceDecisionsArtistLiving

I don't think Bollywood is my ultimate destination; I believe it's a part of my journey.

Mohit Chauhan

JourneyDestinationBelieveThink

I'm suspicious of places that look decorated. I can understand why people do it, but you see too many cushions or a piece of fabric hanging and it's, like, 'Ugh!' A good house with good art will always work, no matter what.

Douglas Coupland

WorkGoodArtPeopleYouLook

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Douglas MacArthur

GoodBadHimMakeJustGeneral

There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.

Brittany Howard

MyselfFunWritingSongVoiceDoing

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