James Ellis
James Ellis
James "Jimmy" Ellis was a Northern Irish actor and stage director with a career stretching over sixty years...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 March 1931
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
party voice people
The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.
men long paradise
An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.
natural-talent office seeking
Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.
men lazy-man lazy
The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.
yesterday chance neglect
The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.
winter majesty naked
In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.
luck credit action
Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.
loyalty greatness heroic-deeds
True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool," but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a nation's welfare, are dearer than life.
wish lending
Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.
hymns lows
The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.
ambition men blessing
To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.
family joy mind
It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.
giving mind literature
A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves that the mind is stored with sentential lore that can always be used to great advantage by its possessor.
mind ugly faces
Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.