Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 8, 1841 - March 6, 1935

Topics

FreedomHateFreeThoughtMoreUs

Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.

Joe Torre

YourselfGameGolfYouKnowCall

I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man.

Joel Grey

ManYouGayLikeLabelsLabel

Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.

Andy Partridge

BetterGetting BetterNowSongwriting

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

Jeanette Winterson

WinYouLosePlay

With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people have a writing career thrust upon them. I am in that last group.

Amish Tripathi

WorkHard WorkI AmPeopleWriting

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

Steve Carlton

TimeBestYourselfYouAthleteGet

Everyone can have a bad period in their life, but we are famous; we have a lot of things. Sometimes people think we are not human, with no feelings, with no problems.

Alvaro Morata

LifePeopleProblemsThinkBad

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got a job as an actor.

Christopher Walken

BusinessTimeJobLongLong Time

Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about to have kids, understands that this is so much bigger than this sport.

Allan Houston

LifeThinkYouAthleteBiggerLevel

I used to think the word 'feminist' reeked of insecurity. A woman who needed to state that she was equal to a man might as well be shouting that she was smart or brave. If you were, you wouldn't need to say it.

Paulina Porizkova

WomanManSmartBraveInsecurity

One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.

Sean Parker

FriendsPlaceLifestyleLivingHard

I am a bad actress. I know I am. I am realistic. I can't even lie properly; how can you expect me to act?

Twinkle Khanna

LieI AmMeYouBadKnow

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