Quotes with destroyer—and

Quotes 19281 till 19300 of 25137.

  • Edmund Burke The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Isaac D'Israeli The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
    Isaac D'Israeli
    British scholar and writer (1766 - 1848)
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  • Jack Handey The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.
    Jack Handey
     
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  • Wilferd Arlan Peterson The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of ''nothing attempted, nothing gained'' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
    Wilferd Arlan Peterson
    American author (1900 - 1995)
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  • John B. S. Haldane The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Samuel Smiles The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Machiavelli The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Florence King The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
    Florence King
    American Author, Critic (1936 - 2016)
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  • Casey Wilson The woman I'd want to meet the most is Nicole Holofcener. I've loved every single film she's done. I think her films are deeply comedic while being deeply disturbing and dark.
    Casey Wilson
    American actress, comedian, and screenwriter (1980 - )
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  • Marguerite Duras The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home - will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Amelia Earhart The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Candace Bushnell The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
    Candace Bushnell
    American author and journalist (1958 - )
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  • Carol Gilligan The women's movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there's a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness.
    Carol Gilligan
    American feminist, ethicist and psychologist (1936 - )
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  • Billy Graham The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Bruce Springsteen The wonderful thing about rock music is even if you hate the other person, sometimes you need him more, you know. In other words if he's the guy that made that sound, he's the guy that made that sound, and without that guy making that sound, you don't have a band, you know.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bill Vaughan The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Robert Frost The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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