Finley Peter Dunne Quotes

The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.

Finley Peter Dunne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 10, 1867 - April 24, 1936

Topics

WorldBetterGrowingJustWorse

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

Jeremy Bentham

WrongWillMatterRightThanks

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

Robert Orben

LuckGeneralCorporalGeneral Motors

Democratic constitutions do allow some suspension of rights in states of emergency. Thus rights are not always trumps. But neither is necessity. Even in times of real danger, political authorities have to prove the case that abridgments of rights are justified.

Michael Ignatieff

PoliticalProveRealEmergencyEven

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

Sofia Kovalevskaya

YouKnowSayMayMustCome

People who live in L.A. don't like to leave their homes because they have so much space. They have the nice kitchens and a cook and a pool. When you live in L.A., there is a sense of isolation in terms of raising a family.

Solange Knowles

FamilyLiveSpacePeopleIsolation

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

Tony DiTerlizzi

HopeImaginationInspireThinkYoung

I think the United States, whether you have a Democratic president or whether you have a Republican president, is bound by international law, whether some senators like it or not.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

LawThinkYouPresidentRepublican

When doing comedy, I do what makes me laugh. The first person I learned from said I should talk about things I am passionate about - that I love or hate - because the audience likes to see passion. The stuff I rant and rave about stems from a place that really pisses me off.

Lisa Lampanelli

LovePassionHateI AmMeLaugh

You can't really force kids to like music. I'm a firm believer in an organic fan base.

Jon Bellion

MusicYouForceOrganicFanKids

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

David Suzuki

LiveHopePeopleLearnFindingWell

I hate the whole concept of comfort! It's like when people say: 'Well we're not really in love but we're in a comfortable relationship.' You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you're too into comfort.

Christian Louboutin

LoveRelationshipHatePeopleIdeas

So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn't fully understand.

Condoleezza Rice

ThinkUnderstandAnythingSeptember

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