The best Quotes by Laurence Sterne

The best Quotes by Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, published sermons and memoirs, and indulged in local politics.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

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It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.

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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

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I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.

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I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.

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I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

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London. The beating heart of England.

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England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.

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Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.

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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.

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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

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I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.

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In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.

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There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.

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The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.

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Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.

Charles Bukowski

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You mean well, but leave me be
Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free

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If we are all alone, then that's also somthing we have together.

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Because nothing sucks more than feeling all alone, no matter how many people are around.

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If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

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The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby

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We enter the world alone and we leave it alone. And everything that happens in between, we owe it to our self to find a little company. We need help. We need support. Otherwise we're in it by our self. Strangers, cut off from each other and we forget just how connect we all are. So instead we choose love. We choose life and for a moment we feel just a little bit less alone.

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I really think everyone should be important enough to just one other person on this freaking planet to be fought for. Even me. And nobody’s fighting for me. So I’m done.

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

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