Quotes with double-meanings

Quotes 61 till 72 of 72.

  • Arthur Schopenhauer To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Robert Smith True repentance has a double aspect. It looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful eye.
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • W. Clement Stone We have a problem. ''Congratulations.'' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations.''
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Bruce Johnston We've recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Bee Wilson What strikes me, the more I cook, is that the best recipes are ones where the basic anatomy is so sound it will survive multiple adjustments. When a recipe has good bones, you can change the seasoning, double the garlic, swap lime for lemon, and it still turns out delicious.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Arthur Laffer With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.
    Arthur Laffer
    American economist and author (1940 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
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    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • Katherine Anne Porter You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.
    Katherine Anne Porter
    American short-story writer (1890 - 1980)
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  • Billy Williams As I look out there and see the culture of baseball, a lot of blacks and Latins, it's given me a lot of joy to know that Jackie started that. If Jackie hadn't come in '47, me and Ron Santo wouldn't have played in Double-A and all those years in the big leagues.
    Billy Williams
    American baseball player (1938 - )
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