Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894

Topics

ScienceHateManFactsEndWorth

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

Robert Louis Stevenson

SuccessManLovedLivedWellWho

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

John Zorn

LiveInterestingYouKnowNever

I didn't have an exhibition anywhere until I was 30. My first exhibition was at 30, and then for my first show in America, I'm 50. It's kind of all right: I'm just a slow burner.

Tracey Emin

SlowAmericaKindFirstRightJust

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

Mason Cooley

PeopleListeningThemEntertained

Tottenham was my first international club. I spent four glorious years there, and the fans were brilliant with me. I only have good memories.

Luka Modric

GoodMemoriesMeBrilliantFirst

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

Dean Acheson

FreedomHistoryPeopleThoughtWho

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.

Count Basie

FastPlayJazzUnderstandRealKick

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Colin Powell

YesterdayPersonTrySame

Liverpool is a great club worldwide. I'm here, and I will give my best as always. I'm working hard; my thoughts are on the team's goals, making a good season.

Philippe Coutinho

GoodGoalsGreatBestTeamThoughts

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Pierre Corneille

LoveReasonEnemiesSworn

By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.

Sheri L. Dew

TimeFriendsAdolescenceOverSocial

My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.

Martin Dempsey

GoodPowerSufferingConflictBelief

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