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H. L. Mencken Quotes

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Society Thought Capable Up Original

I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening.

Cafe Out Hang Things Where Rather

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Women Sports Baseball Growing Up Now

I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God.

Love God Age Me Song Doing

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Question Tell Republic Foundations

Babies have millions of brain cells. They are like light bulbs waiting to be turned on. Don't wait for them to go to school and hope for the best.

Hope Light Best School Waiting Wait

There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers, academics, and colleagues whose work confirms, amplifies, and stretches my own thinking.

Work Government Colleagues Thinking

The thing I like most in my kitchen is my marble counters. Everybody said not to use marble because it's fragile, it stains, it cracks, and it doesn't remain beautiful. But I love marble.

Love Beautiful Kitchen Said Fragile

We have to have somebody that will express conservative views, of course, and I'm looking for somebody that is very Reaganesque. Someone that can reach all aspects of our voting population here in America.

Looking Voting Reach America Someone

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.

Good Know Arrogant Modest Architect

The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster.

Time Choices Help Values Moral More

Forget the empty platitudes; your star employee is not a 'godsend.' They are a person deserving of your not infrequent acknowledgment and worthy of appreciation and respect.

Respect Appreciation Person Forget

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

Feet Name Special Why Your Tops

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