H. L. Mencken Quotes

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveWarLove IsEasyStopHard

I am not a great believer in the idea that journalistic neutrality means you have to abandon the people you talk to.

Andrew Solomon

GreatI AmPeopleYouTalkIdea

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

John Key

GoodPoliticsBelieveI Believe

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

Michael Jackson

WorkEducationWorldWatching

I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.

Michael J. Fox

TruthChallengeEnoughLongFind

The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for a hostage's release. Freelancers most often had none.

Amanda Lindhout

HelpInsuranceNewsCrisisPay

I'm grateful to the state and central government for all their support for my academy.

Mary Kom

GratefulGovernmentSupportState

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.

Jose Marti

VoiceJudgeLibertyEnemiesBecause

One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.

Jon Lester

BusinessBaseballTomorrowYouKnow

The word 'sister' evokes an ideal of connection and support, like the friendships that made Rebecca Wells's 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' and Ann Brashares's 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' into best-selling novels and successful films.

Deborah Tannen

SupportSisterConnectionSecrets

Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK.

Donald Sutherland

WomanMistakesDumbOverEverything

I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.

Britney Spears

ThinkWantOldAnythingRingsLike

I kick butt on karaoke with any Journey song!

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

JourneySongButtKickKaraokeAny

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