Samuel Quotes

96 quotes by 72 authors

During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. — Fred Allen
If catastrophic geology had at times pushed Nature to almost indecent extremes of haste, uniformitarian geology, on the other hand, had erred in the opposite… — William Johnson Sollas
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
Samuel Eto'o is reputedly the highest-paid player in the world at Â£350,000 per week - that's Â£5,000 a day — Clive Tyldesley
On a quick side note, I would argue that--much like Samuel L. Jackson--I am not arrogant at all; I'm just actually really, really great. — Eugene Mirman
Any suggestion that Mexicans are fundamentally different from Americans should be taken as racist on its face; America, after all, is a pluralistic society, and… — David Plotz
I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my… — Harold Pinter
We ... tend to evaluate others on the basis of physical, outward appearance: their "good looks," their social status, their family pedigrees, their degrees, or… — Marvin J. Ashton
I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy… — Michael Josephson
In the end I came to see that the true prophet of the modern world was Samuel Butler: when he suggested that the machine was… — Robert Aickman
I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his… — Bill Bryson
Appearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
The fierce ambitions of Carver Dana Andrews, son of a Baptist preacher, might well have been imagined by Horatio Alger, Jr.-- or Samuel Goldwyn-- but… — Marion Meade
Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntingtonâ€™s Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order. — Stefan Halper
The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died… — David Miliband
The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old - maybe 35, who knows? — Jose Mourinho
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is… — Julius Wellhausen
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice to an old… — John Cassian
If you donâ€™t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just donâ€™t like cinema. — Martin Scorsese
The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great. — Val Kilmer

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