English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Jonathan Swift Quotes

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.

Jonathan Swift

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country. Vicente Fox
Lewis Carroll quote: "If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?"
If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain? Lewis Carroll
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very place they were broken and where they have knitted up; mental wounds can grind and ooze for decades and be re-opened by the quietest whisper. Stephen Fry
Catherine McCormack quote: "I can't sit around doing nothing. If I'm not working, I have a..."
I can't sit around doing nothing. If I'm not working, I have a habit of becoming rather insular. Catherine McCormack
But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He's seen my good stuff, he's seen my bad stuff, he's seen the ones I directed, he's read my autobiography. There's an awful lot of things he knows about me, all of which I think had something to do with his casting. David Carradine
To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain. Ken Burns
The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it. That’s somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That’s when you find out who you are and what your values are. So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves... Steve Jobs
Richard Wagner quote: "I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and..."
I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner. Richard Wagner
In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization. John L. Lewis
Frances O'Grady quote: "I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that."
I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that. Frances O'Grady
I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company. Branford Marsalis
Patrick Henry quote: "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me..."
I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry
Adam Savage quote: "Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!"
Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge! Adam Savage
William S. Burroughs quote: "Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. ..."
Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this Ugly Spirit. William S. Burroughs
So many of us make a great fuss of matters of small consequence. We are so easily offended. Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way. Gordon B. Hinckley