Quotes with 40-something

Quotes 261 till 280 of 1776.

  • Henry David Thoreau Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bill James Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Mark Twain Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • William James Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Do something well, and that is quickly enough.
    Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Erica Jong Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
    Erica Jong
    American author (1942 - )
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  • Bill Haslam Doing something about infrastructure is something I would like to see while I'm governor.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Allan Sloan Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources.
    Allan Sloan
     
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  • Satchel Paige Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
    Satchel Paige
    African-American baseball player (1906 - 1982)
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  • Billy Joel Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Harry Emerson Fosdick Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    American minister (1878 - 1969)
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  • C. S. Lewis Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Blake Farenthold Drug testing for recipients of various welfare programs - I really think that's something that needs to be considered.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.
    Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
    Swiss-American psychiatrist (1926 - 2004)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Adrienne Clarkson Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
    Adrienne Clarkson
    Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist and stateswoman (1939 - )
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  • Tim O'Brien Each of us, I suppose needs his illusions. Life after death. A maker of planets. A woman to love, a man to hate. Something sacred. But what a waste.
    Source: Tomcat in Love (2011) 319
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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