1720 Quotes

#1. I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.

John Woolman

#2. 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

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. War is good for absolutely nothing, because no matter how far and wide apart we may live, we're all the same under the skin. We all want to live, laugh and love.

Cherie Lunghi

#6. But I've always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I'm here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.

Keith Richards

#7. I love acting because it's this space where dreams can be realized, fantasy comes to life, and there are no limitations on what's possible.

Jessica Alba

#8. Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

William Shakespeare

#9. Before you lost your mind, how did you make a living?"
"I was a hitman for the Mafia. Are you done crying yet?"
"I wasn't crying! And I wish you were a hitman because, if I had money, I'd hire you right this minute to knock yourself off.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#10. I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.

Elinor Lipman

#11. If you invest your time, talent, and resources, orphans around the world can have much happier and healthier lives.

Beau Sides

#12. The horses came to an abrupt halt, jolting the children so that they were torn from their seats and flung together like trapped trout.

Jessica Lawson

#13. It was always a delicate balance, life and death, comedy and tragedy.

Chris Kyle

#14. We have not the time to take our time.

Eugene Ionesco

#15. enough energy to it?" Cotton tapped

Daniel Suarez

#16. For a nickel a month, Lady Jones did what whitepeople thought unnecessary if not illegal: crowded her little parlor with the colored children who had time for and interest in book learning.

Toni Morrison

#17. The Queen is so poor she has to spend her own money.

William Donaldson