Ouida Quotes

It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.

Ouida

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 1, 1839 - January 25, 1908

Topics

WorkHard WorkGoodMotherKissYou

I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it.

John B. Keane

WomanSlaveryThinkPlayDressedGo

My father's an opera nut, and my stepmother used to work at the Metropolitan Opera, so I had a lot of opera immersion. I like the grandness and pretention of it.

Andrew Solomon

WorkFatherOperaUsedStepmother

What is the origin of God?

John Clayton

GodOrigin

I look back at that time fondly. It's something I never thought I'd get the chance to do, be in a soap. Working with Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden - they're legends in their own lifetimes aren't they?

Sophie Thompson

TimeChanceThoughtLookBackNever

That was a misconception among a lot of people - that Mormons are polygamist. No, they're not. I mean they obviously have that in their history, and there are some fundamentalists.

Trey Parker

HistoryPeopleMeanSomeLotAmong

I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write from the heart.

Rod Stewart

GoodHeartWriteWonderfulImagery

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Mason Cooley

MomentCompassionRise AboveRiseUs

There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny.

Michael Keaton

YouUpWhereScrutinyFewPublic

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

BadHarvestMustEvenAfterSowing

I'm not sure why I'm so often disgusting on stage. I don't always know where it comes from.

Louis C. K.

KnowWhyAlwaysStageWhereSure

If what you do in life is perform to open up eyes and minds, to make people laugh, then it better damn well be new! It shouldn't be just a repetitious 'Hey, I'm still here!'

Chevy Chase

LifeEyesPeopleBetterLaughYou

Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

Christian Louboutin

WorkServiceYourselfI AmPeople

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