Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!

Oliver Goldsmith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 10, 1730 - April 4, 1774

Topics

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Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business.

Andy Dunn

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When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it.

Ang Lee

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I hope they see the genuine side of me, of my music, of my voice. I hope that they feel me. I hope that what I sing and what I say really gets across to the viewer because everything that comes out is true.

Stefano Langone

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I used to have some fish, some nice little carp, but they got too big for the tank. I don't have any pets now.

Tom Felton

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Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.

Jon Lord

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Forever 21 is my American Dream.

Do Won Chang

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I always cause those who are near to me more suffering than pleasure.

Delmore Schwartz

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Most conservative and progressive talk radio is primarily just that - bloviated opinion and whacky viewer calls.

David Shuster

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When you expect to get into a negotiation, you expect to be faced by a guy that's going to attack you, a guy or gal that's going to attack or that they're going to try to get the best of you. Two-thirds of us, that makes us very defensive.

Christopher Voss

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When I was a kid, I used to stay up after 'Saturday Night Live' to watch the horror shows.

Conrad Vernon

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I can't write about my greatest mistakes because I've slept with most of them.

Arabella Weir

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And we're in the middle of a 'perfect storm.' These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world is looking more and more like the for-profit world. The growing gap between rich and poor makes most of us very anxious about where we stand.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

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