Quotes with english-only

Quotes 1441 till 1460 of 3972.

  • Wendell L. Willkie It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
    Wendell L. Willkie
    American lawyer, politician and corporate executive (1892 - 1944)
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  • Bill Hader It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a lot of people thought 'Adventureland' starred me and Kristen Wiig. But we were like, 'No, we're only in the movie for like ten minutes!'
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Cecil B. DeMille It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
    Cecil B. DeMille
    American filmmaker (1881 - 1959)
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  • John Ruskin It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have... insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Aristotle It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Ezra Pound It is more than likely that the brain itself is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital fluid held in suspense or reserved. This hypothesis would explain the enormous content of the brain as a maker or presenter of images.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • J. B. S. Haldane It is my supposition that the Universe is not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we CAN imagine.
    J. B. S. Haldane
    English-Indian geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892 - 1964)
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  • Calvin Coolidge It is necessary to have party organization if we are to have effective and efficient government. The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization, and the only difference between a disorganized country and one that has the advantage of a wise and sound government is fundamentally a question of organization.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Susan Sontag It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious ones.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • William Blake It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Joyce Carol Oates It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.
    Joyce Carol Oates
    American writer (1938 - )
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  • Alan Cohen It is not insult from another that causes you pain. It is the part of your mind that agrees with the insult. Agree only with the truth about you, and you are free.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Franz Kafka It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Aesop It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • C. L. R. James It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated.
    C. L. R. James
    Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist (1901 - 1989)
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  • Isaac Asimov It is not only the living who are killed in war.
    Isaac Asimov
    American writer (1920 - 1992)
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  • Molière It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Bo Bennett It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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