Edmund Burke Quotes

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Edmund Burke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797

Topics

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I feel there has to be a certain amount of improvisation as I'm writing, which means any idea or any commitment to a project is risky. It involves time; it involves gathering of material, and sometimes it just doesn't work. Sometimes it does. As I'm starting out on a project, I can't tell if it will click or not.

Joanna Scott

WorkTimeCommitmentWritingFeel

All over the world I'm known. Whenever I go out on the street people come up to me and say... 'Hi, Beave,' and that doesn't bother me at all. It's something that I embrace.

Jerry Mathers

PeopleMeWorldGoSayStreet

You can't have Thanksgiving and not just be like, 'All right, where's the football.' It's been branded very, very well. You can't have one without the other at this point.

Andy Grammer

FootballYouThanksgivingRightWell

At home, I never plate. Things go in the middle of the table, and you serve yourself. In the restaurant, every day I plate things, but at home, I want to enjoy my company.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

HomeDayYourselfRestaurantEnjoy

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

Stephen Gardiner

NatureMenMysteryOutLeaveCome

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

Sinclair Lewis

BecomeSafeEverySterileCompulsion

If I don't get enough sleep, my brain gets fatigued, and the voice suffers. If I'm doing some retail work and trying to read and record legal copy, I start sounding like I had a few too many the night before.

Roger Craig Smith

WorkSleepBrainNightStartVoice

Sugar was an issue in the '80s, so you would see low-sugar products; fat was an issue in the '90s, so you'd see low-fat products.

Michael Moss

FatYouSugarSeeProductsWould

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

Juice Newton

RunNeverOutContractPursueDid

I just want to challenge myself and play some different characters.

Bridgit Mendler

MyselfChallengePlayWantDifferent

What exactly is trade facilitation? In a nutshell, it is an effort to enable global trade by reducing red tape and streamline customs. In even simpler words: making it easier for companies to trade across borders.

Arancha Gonzalez

WordsRedEffortBordersTradeEven

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Aristotle

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