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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.

Oliver Goldsmith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Smile End Feel Fools First Company

My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.

Andie MacDowell

Children Rest Accomplishment Enough

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

Beauty Best Animal Corruption Horse

Mayweather was TBE - The Best Ever - at making money, but look at his highlights and look at mine. You can't pretend it's the same.

Best Money Making Money You Look

We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we would be like plants set in shallow soil. Our souls must take root - almost literally.

Joyce Carol Oates

Childhood Plants Soil Without Take

I kind of viewed '50/ 50' and 'Warm Bodies' both as my next films after 'The Wackness.' In my head, I was just like, 'I'll try the big, fun, adventure-weird movie, and I'll do the small, heartfelt comedy-drama, and one of them will probably work out, and I'll get to work more.'

Jonathan Levine

Work Fun Small Warm Kind Try

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Work Back Early California Out

Kissing in the movies is a real art - figuring out where to put your heads so it looks good on camera. I have had other co-stars who couldn't work that out, which made it a lot harder for me.

Work Good Art Me Camera Looks

We did six records, then six movies. Now we need to do six of something else, so we get 666 - and then our master Satan can return!

Now Movies Satan Need Master Return

It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.

Arthur Potts Dawson

Food People Grow Important Teach

People from the country are very simple and loyal. I like that. I prefer to deal with the campesinos rather than the political people in Lima.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

Simple People Political Country Deal

I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen.

Comedy Never Stage Screen Sort Any

I'm a believer, but an unsettled one. I think it has something to do with the fact that my grandmother always told me she would come back and tickle my feet at night time when she passed away. She hasn't gotten me yet. But I keep the blanket over my feet at night, no matter how hot it is.

Time Me Night Feet Think Back

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