1720 Quotes & Sayings

What really resonated with my students, I think, is that most of the writers we worked with were journalists, and when they saw journalists simply raising questions and being put in jail for that, it did freak them out a little bit. — Adam Braver

The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo. — Lewis Carroll

I always work only with friends, but it must be about them and myself. Because I film only very personal moments, nothing preplanned, staged or written, it has to be real and spontaneous. Some of them have become famous, some are not yet famous, some will never be famous. But they are all my friends. — Jonas Mekas

In February 1720 an edict was published, which, instead of restoring the credit of the paper, as was intended, destroyed it irrecoverably, and drove the country to the very brink of revolution ... — Charles Mackay

When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas. — Saadi

I can't stand every boring, worthless piece of conversation I overhear because they make me wish I could be a part of them, be some nobody girl with nothing to say. — Courtney Summers

One of your first jobs, as you write for money, will be to get rid of your vocabulary. — Jack Woodford

A report by ArchCity Defenders, a non-profit group, found that the municipal court in Ferguson - a city of 21,135 people - issued 32,975 arrest warrants last year, mostly for traffic violations. These fines and fees were the second-biggest source of the city's $20m income. — Anonymous

If any person had told the Parliament which met in terror and perplexity after the crash of 1720 that in 1830 the wealth of England would surpass all their wildest dreams, that the annual revenue would equal the principal of that debt which they considered an intolerable burden, that for one man of — Thomas B. Macaulay

I realized I'm not the kind of person who wants to go with the flow and fit in. I'm an agitator, I'm opinionated, I'm a libertine and leader. — Alexis Arquette

Anthropology found its Galileo in Rivers, its Newton in Mauss. — Claude Levi-Strauss

I stake the future on the few humble and hearty lovers who seek God passionately in the marvelous, messy world of redeemed and related realities that lie in front of our noses. — William McNamara

Real pirates were better than in movies, more daring and terrifying and cunning than any screenwriter could imagine. They operated during the Golden Age of Piracy, from 1650 to 1720. — Robert Kurson

The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available to the clergy through the Presbyterian Ministers Fund, founded in 1759(still in existence), and the Episcopal Corporation, founded ten years later (subsequently merged). — Andrew Tobias

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you. — Steve Coogan

And back in the spring of 1720, Sir Isaac Newton owned shares in the South Sea Company, the hottest stock in England. Sensing that the market was getting out of hand, the great physicist muttered that he "could calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people." Newton dumped his South Sea shares, pocketing a 100% profit totaling £7,000. But just months later, swept up in the wild enthusiasm of the market, Newton jumped back in at a much higher price - and lost £20,000 (or more than $3 million in today's money). For the rest of his life, he forbade anyone to speak the words "South Sea" in his presence. 4 — Benjamin Graham

Did you hear me, Zach? I care about you."
"Okay," I said. "It's okay with me that you care about me. But can we please not talk about it? Would that be okay with you?"
"Yeah, that would be okay," he said. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720. — John Woolman