H. L. Mencken Quotes

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

Meg Cabot

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Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.

John Updike

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It's funny how you call me a celebrity. Oh man.

Steven Hill

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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop.

Tom Peters

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I think it's very important to support those who can't help themselves - children, animals - and especially to do so in your own neighborhood.

Lori Foster

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Dinah had all the class.

Lorna Luft

ClassHad

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

Julia Stiles

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Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States; the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas.

Bobby Ray Inman

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When donors visited the Black Panther Party, they came and saw our real programs, a real clinic, with real doctors and medics, giving service to people.

Bobby Seale

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Actors are inherently self-centered.

Bryan Cranston

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The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

Bob Iger

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3D printing has digitized the entire manufacturing process.

Peter Diamandis

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