Frances Wright Quotes

We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.

Frances Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 6, 1795 - December 13, 1852

Topics

HappinessMenWordsWealthLabor

Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?

John Hughes

EyesKissPeopleSomeoneWhyWatch

Once I moved to L.A., there was a dark moment of trying to keep up with the girls I thought were pretty. Until I realised that's the stupidest thing you can do because people are so pretty in L.A.!

Amy Adams

MomentPeopleThoughtTryingYouUp

Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name.

Tom Waits

MusicWordsNameSometimesChicago

I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette.

Rodney Dangerfield

MeSurgeonCigaretteGeneralHeMet

We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.

Ronald Reagan

ChangeFreedomSpaceHideSecrets

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.

Russell Crowe

GoodMomentMeActorRespondMakes

Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped.

Michael Leunig

ChildrenImaginationValueSpace

I don't even have a small boat. I don't even have a toy boat in my bathtub. I don't have a biplane, I don't have anything. Those things are toys, and I don't need them to be happy.

Mo Ibrahim

HappyBe HappySmallBoatToysNeed

I wasn't raised Catholic; I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to people.

Moby

PeopleNiceImageFloatingSomewhere

It never dawned on me that I was sexy. I always thought of myself as the goofy kid.

Luke James

MyselfMeThoughtSexyNeverKid

I'm drawn to silhouettes because of their emblematic rather than their illustrational quality. I see them as shapes, allowing an image to become an abstraction and for pure painting to take place.

Donald Baechler

QualityPaintingPlaceBecomeImage

I am a big Vespa enthusiast, and I enjoy the state park aspect of California. It's awfully nice to ride my little scooter through the mountains and then wind up at the ocean.

Deirdre Lovejoy

RideOceanMountainsI AmWindNice

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