Quotes with fault-finding

Quotes 121 till 140 of 216.

  • P. J. O'Rourke One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at once necessary and fatal. Men are forever creating such organizations for their own convenience and forever finding themselves the victims of their home-made monsters.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Vivien Kellems Our tax law is a 1, 598-page hydra-headed monster and I'm going to attack and attack and attack until I have ironed out every fault in it.
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  • Bill Engvall People all over are finding themselves in jobs they never thought they'd be in.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Adam Arkin People can get obsessed with romance, they can get obsessed with political paranoia, they can get obsessed with horror. It's isn't the fault of the subject matter that creates the obsession, I don't think.
    Adam Arkin
    American actor (1956 - )
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  • Sydney Justin Harris People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.
    Sydney Justin Harris
    American journalist (1917 - 1986)
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  • Carlo Collodi Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
    Pinocchio
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Bridgit Mendler Practicing going over scenes and in front of the camera just to see how that feels, and then ultimately just finding a way to expose yourself to people. That's what I did.
    Bridgit Mendler
    American actress, singer, and songwriter (1992 - )
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Brit Morin Really take the time to focus on finding your voice and making sure that whatever you're creating is of high quality and is useful for people in their everyday lives.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Augustus William Hare Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them. The author might often reply: Is that my fault?
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Billy Evans Some fans have a mistaken opinion of the average umpire. He is human, all reports to the contrary. Every fellow who is successful is conscientious to almost a fault.
    Billy Evans
    American umpire in Major League Baseball (1884 - )
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  • Beth Ditto Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can take any of your old makeup containers into its shops, and the sweetest deal is that, once you've racked up six containers, you get a free lipstick or lip gloss.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Zig Ziglar Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Bill Parcells Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Audrey Hepburn Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
    Audrey Hepburn
    British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian (1929 - 1993)
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  • Edward F. Halifax Suspicion is rather a virtue than a fault, as long as it doth like a dog that watcheth, and doth not bite.
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    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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