“To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being t...” — William Hazlitt Quote

“To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.”

“The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.”

“I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.”

“the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!”

“There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.”

“Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.”

“There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.”

“I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote 'In Contempt' was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.”

“I don't hold any contempt for people who are practicing law. I know how hard it is, I know how hard they work, and I know some of them who are so unhappy with it.”

“Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?”

“I never met Lou Reed, never was one of those journalists lucky enough to be the object of his derision, contempt, condescension, indifference, and occasional piercing honesty.”

“All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.”