Lady Gregory Quotes

Napoleon the Third was not much. He died in England, and was buried in a country church-yard much the same as Kiltartan. But Napoleon the First was a great man; it was given out of him there never would be so great a man again.

Lady Gregory

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: March 15, 1852 - May 22, 1932

Topics

GreatManGreat ManCountryNever

Such is the impurity of our enterprise, as writers or as critics, that even in the act of proclaiming our freedom from the demands of authenticity, we are never free from brandishing it.

Amitava Kumar

FreedomFreeAuthenticityNeverAct

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

Steve Wynn

BusinessDisciplinePeopleReality

If I get dressed up, and my boyfriend says, 'You look gorgeous,' I kinda feel funny. I don't know if I'm particularly comfortable with being attractive.

Toni Collette

FunnyFeelYouLookDressedKnow

We made some mistakes. We had some managers we didn't like and had to get rid of, and that cost some money. Stuff like that. But overall, we did really well.

Robby Krieger

MoneyMistakesCostWellGetStuff

I was in Australia in about 1996 when I played some acoustic guitar for some guys at a studio down there. They were pretty happy with it, and mentioned doing an album, so about a year later I met some people who were interested in recording.

Tom Curren

HappyPeopleGuitarDoingYearDown

The creative process for me doesn't work as well without an image of an audience in mind.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

WorkCreativeMindMeProcessImage

I'm a pretty driven person, and I've accepted that about myself. For a long time, I was like, 'I'm a very laid-back person, I grew up in the country,' but I'm also very driven, otherwise I wouldn't be where I am right now.

Miranda Kerr

TimeMyselfI AmLongPersonNow

I want to be able to help the coach and team as much as I can.

Luka Modric

TeamHelpI CanWantCoachAble

Red lipstick is my armour - I feel it distracts from my hereditary dark circles and gives me an instant psychological lift, no matter what my mood is.

Liz Goldwyn

RedMeFeelRed LipstickDarkMood

Betty White is so old that on her first game show ever, the prize was fire.

Lisa Lampanelli

FireGameWhiteOldFirstHer

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

Dick Morris

FuturePoliticsSpontaneous

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

Chuck Close

GoodPeopleSomeoneYouSayFocused

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