Quotes with english-only

Quotes 1761 till 1780 of 3972.

  • Lord Thomas Dewar Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
    Lord Thomas Dewar
    Scottish businessman (1864 - 1930)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Al Franken Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Henry Kissinger Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a modern view of the malfunction common to 14th century rulers: inability to inhibit impulse.
    A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Vaclav Havel Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Ivan Illich Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.
    Ivan Illich
    Austrian-American theologist, writer (1926 - 2002)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Will Rogers Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Woody Allen Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Barack Obama Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Ayn Rand Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Agnes Smedley More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • Ben Parr More and more, the things we do in real life will end up as Facebook posts. And while we may be consoled by the fact that most of this stuff is being posted just to our friends, it only takes one friend to share that information with his or her friends to start a viral chain.
    Ben Parr
    American journalist, author, venture capitalist (1985 - )
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  • Albert Camus More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Bill Bryson More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Kofi Annan More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.
    Faceboek (2016)
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Ben Horowitz Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning stories.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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