H. L. Mencken Quotes

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

Topics

LifeTruthOutErrorArtsOnly

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it.

Jennifer Garner

SuccessBusinessTryingYouAchieve

Because I've never had any higher education of any sort, I've never held in awe those who have had it or have a sense of superiority over those who don't.

Jeremy Corbyn

EducationHigher EducationNeverOver

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

John Dryden

FreeSlavesEitherWholly

It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.

Amy Poehler

GoodArtBestPeopleCommunismBad

At home, I am a private person, and I like keeping it that way. Maybe that is why I come out as being guarded about my personal life.

Sidharth Malhotra

LifeHomeI AmPersonWhyPersonal

I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in 'The Wings Of The Dove' with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in 'Shakespeare In Love' with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart.

Rufus Sewell

LoveWingsCruiseVampireLeadDove

It was great to go to Stanford. Until that point, I'd spent my whole life in southeast Michigan, working for General Motors. I was in a different part of the country. People didn't know what General Motors was, didn't care, or if they did, they might not have had a favorable impression. I saw people driving nondomestic vehicles.

Mary Barra

LifeGreatPeopleCareDrivingKnow

I've realized that it's important to stop trying to think I'm any one thing. People are confused as to their identity and try to cling to one aspect of that identity to describe what they are: American, Republican, Muslim. These are really incomplete.

Mohsin Hamid

IdentityPeopleThinkAmericanStop

I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity.

Lucy Powell

HopePeopleHelpProsperityWill

Love is the most powerful thing in the world, and you know, what love brings is joy.

DJ Khaled

LoveLove IsJoyWorldYouPowerful

After all, the work isn't the point; the piece is.

Donald Judd

WorkPointPieceAfter

Very often as a little girl, then as a young woman, I have suffered my lot of discrimination. I was brought up with brothers; I grew up in a boys' world. You have to elbow your way in. When you come with that sentiment of having been in a minority for a long period of time, then you are much more attentive to minorities.

Christine Lagarde

GirlTimeWomanWorldLongYou

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