Quotes with disadvantage

  • I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.
  • Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.
  • Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
  • It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.
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  • Bruce Henderson Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Ian Mcewan By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.
    Ian Mcewan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • Berthold Auerbach Good and stupid, is a common saying. I have found that only the judicious are really good. Only clever men know what is good for others; and at the first appearance of disadvantage to himself, the stupid man deserts.
    Berthold Auerbach
    German-Jewish writer and poet (1812 - 1882)
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  • Ann Beattie I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Carter Burwell Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • Mark Twain More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Washington Irving Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • George Bernard Shaw That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bob Parsons The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage.
    Bob Parsons
    American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • Sir Philip Sidney The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
    Sir Philip Sidney
    British Author, Courtier (1554 - 1586)
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  • Albert Camus We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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