Frances Burney Quotes

To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!

Frances Burney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 13, 1752 - January 6, 1840

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Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.

Jennifer Aniston

FamilyFriendshipGoodFriendPeople

Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression.

Robert Musil

TimeOverAbilityAnythingMake

A fundamental principle that I learned in my career, and a principle that my consulting company McChrystal Group helps American civilian companies to adopt, is that winning units and organizations ensure that the time they actually spend - daily, weekly, and yearly - must hew closely to their priorities.

Stanley A. McChrystal

DailyTimeWinningAmericanCareer

I've been reading about the idea of cyclical lives - it matches up to the idea of string theory and a multiverse. So I wanted to write a record about that instead of another song about broken hearts and drinking.

Sturgill Simpson

BrokenSongReadingWriteUpTheory

To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.

Sonja Sohn

CulturePoliceGrowYouGrow UpBig

I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I work to bring them into existence. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight with us for the same cause.

Toussaint Louverture

WorkFightEqualityLibertyWant

Technology-fueled change is happening so fast that even a six-month-old process could be outdated. Saying this is the way it's always been done not only makes you sound lazy and resistant to change, but it could make your boss wonder why you haven't tried to improve things on your own.

Travis Bradberry

ChangeBossSayingProcessYouFast

I'm sure there are many more people who can identify with failure and hardship in life than with the success of an Alexander Hamilton or a John D. Rockefeller.

Ron Chernow

LifeSuccessFailurePeopleHardship

Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

WomenLiveAgeChildrenExperience

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.

Don Nickles

PurposeGovernmentPossiblePosition

I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war.

Dick Cheney

WarLawLaw EnforcementThinkKey

All of us '60s pop stars came from old cities which had a jazz club, a folk club, a coffee house, and an art school.

Donovan

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