Quotes with first-naming

Quotes 941 till 960 of 1516.

  • Henry Ward Beecher The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Stephen King The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.
    Stephen King
    American author of horror and supernatural fiction (1947 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Napoleon Hill The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Buzz Aldrin The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • I. F. Stone The biggest difference between ancient Rome and the USA is that in Rome the common man was treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone. This is the first country where the common man could stand erect.
    I. F. Stone
    American journalist and writer (1907 - 1989)
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  • Donna Tartt The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I’ve read so often that I’ve internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out.
    Donna Tartt
    American author (1963 - )
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  • Berenice Abbott The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective.
    Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays
    Berenice Abbott
    American photographer (1898 - 1991)
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  • Ba Jin The changes in the chief and the assistant chief surgeon were most noticeable. At first they felt that they were just fulfilling their duty to the injured worker but were very dubious about the result. But then, full of confidence they really began doing their best.
    A Battle For Life
    Ba Jin
    Chinese author and political activist (1904 - 2005)
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  • David Hume The Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) 101
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Gore Vidal The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Bertrand Russell The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Thomas Jefferson The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Bruce Sutter The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment.
    Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
    American journalist
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  • Brene Brown The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Billy Collins The disappointing second novel is measured against the brilliant first novel - often no novel lives up to the first. Literary improvement seems like an unfair expectation.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Lee Iacocca The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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