Edmund Crispin Quotes

Women, who on grounds of modesty alone might be expected to prefer being killed or cured by one of their own sex, prove as incalculable in this as in most other things;

Edmund Crispin

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• Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • House
  • Picture
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• When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.

  

  Raine Maida
  • Business
  • Career
  • Look

• Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Game
  • Team
  • College

• People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
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• There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.

  

  Samantha Power
  • World
  • Love
  • Universe

• A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.

  

  Han Fei
  • Father
  • Son
  • Ruler

• I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.

  

  Taran Killam
  • Time
  • Day
  • Best

• All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Women
  • Business
  • Just

• Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • American
  • Crazy
  • Said

• I never had planned for my life and my career.

  

  Yasmine Al Masri
  • Life
  • Career
  • My Life

• Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.

  

  Earl Warren
  • World
  • Liberty
  • Communism

• It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Love
  • True
  • Paris

• O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in soul, I may be accounted worthy to approach the Holy of holies.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • May
  • Father
  • Soul

• Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Motivational
  • Keep Going

• When we were in Sweden, there was a fan that hid in a bin. I think one of the security guards saw and tried to take her out, and she went a bit crazy and started tackling them.

  

  Zayn Malik One Direction
  • She
  • Think
  • Crazy

• Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

  

  Larry Gelbart
  • Life
  • Today
  • Television

• I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • She
  • Girl
  • Problem

• Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Up
  • Work
  • Wonder

• If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.

  

  Caitlin Doughty
  • People
  • Mean
  • Information

• It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Important
  • Career
  • Interesting

• The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.

  

  Yves Tanguy
  • Reason
  • Painting
  • Liberty

• My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

  

  Brittany Howard
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• Women, who on grounds of modesty alone might be expected to prefer being killed or cured by one of their own sex, prove as incalculable in this as in most other things;

  

  Edmund Crispin
  • Women
  • Sex
  • Killed