H. L. Mencken Quotes

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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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In a sense, all of my books have been about a 'poisonous pedagogy,' which engenders a culture of obedience, this underlying theme of patriarchal systems.

John Bradshaw

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My wife has them all in a vault... a copy of every album.

Jerry Goldsmith

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Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

Andrew Dominik

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I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.

John Hunter

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Stevie Wonder makes my heart happy and is my spirit animal. That is all.

Andy Grammer

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Don't stop. Don't slow down. Keep focused.

Angela Ahrendts

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If I were to do a drama again, I would really like to work on a fatal melodrama, like a love that can't be.

Song Hye-kyo

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In both Russia and the U.S., there are a very small number of very, very rich people, and then there are a lot of people who don't have anything. The less inequality you have in a society, the more social peace you have. It's kind of a no-brainer.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

PeacePeopleSocietySmallRichYou

It's almost kind of satisfying when you get direct proof that someone stole your bit. It makes the times you had the paranoid suspicion feel less crazy.

Matt Besser

CrazyFeelSomeoneYouKindGet

I feel that the music that I do is somewhat of a lost art and it's not as popular as dance or pop music and people are not as interested in it. But it's something that I believe in and I feel that it's needed, so that's why I do it and I will keep doing it until everybody hears it and gets it.

Jazmine Sullivan

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I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.

Christopher Columbus

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Straight edge is everything about a personal decision to not live my life under the influence or not being aware. I pretty much don't like anything that alters my view of reality or my perception or my grasp.

CM Punk

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