H. L. Mencken Quotes

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SoupBetterRosesWillSmellWho

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

Anatole France

DreamNeverExistenceWouldWere

I love the way of life out in California, and I've made a lot of friends out there. The food is amazing.

Michael Bisping

LifeLoveFoodAmazingFriendsWay

I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky.

Stephan Pastis

WorkLovePeopleMeFeelYou

I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

Tom Petty

FriendsNew FriendsNewGuyWho

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

Tom Daschle

ProcessFeelWantDecision-Making

I never expected to go to Juilliard. When they came recruiting in Miami, I auditioned. I got a scholarship.

Robert Battle

MiamiGoScholarshipNeverGotCame

If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.

Moby

ArchitectureYourselfLookingDoing

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

Joseph Roux

AloneSolitudeIsolation

If you are what you eat, then you are shaped by what you share as you eat.

Deng Ming-Dao

YouEatShareShapedThen

A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea.

Phyllis Battelle

TeaMoreOverYearsSpotlightMost

Decades of futile effort have not dampened my bold aspirations to save the nation. Born in a late age, I have not been able to witness the golden rule of Yao and Shun and other sage emperors of ancient China. Instead, my heart grieves at the suffering of the Chinese people under the cruel exploitation of the Tartar Slaves.

Sun Yat-sen

AgeHeartEffortPeopleSuffering

'Scary Movie' has lost its way as a franchise. It has turned into 'Disaster Film' and 'Epic Movie' and 'Date Movie' and that isn't what I wanted. I wanted to do a movie that was just grounded in a reality that went to crazy places.

Marlon Wayans

CrazyRealityLostPlacesWayScary

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