Quotes with first-naming

Quotes 101 till 120 of 1516.

  • William James A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • I Ching A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Ambrose Bierce A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Alexandre Dumas père A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
    Alexandre Dumas père
    French writer (1802 - 1870)
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  • Bayard Taylor A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • T. S. Eliot A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Carolus Linnaeus A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.
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  • Billy Sunday A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!
    As quoted in ""Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ" by William Thomas Ellis
    Billy Sunday
    American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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  • Burt Bacharach A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
    Burt Bacharach
    American composer, songwriter and pianist (1928 - 2023)
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  • Heywood Broun A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
    Heywood Broun
    American Journalist, Novelist (1888 - 1939)
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  • Brad Feld A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • C. V. Raman A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea. It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
    C. V. Raman
    Indian physicist (1888 - 1970)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • James Russell Lowell A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • James Russell Lowell A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Jean François Lyotard A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
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  • Mary Little A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes everybody sick.
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  • Stephen Hawking A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Billy Corgan About six months ago, I listened to Siamese Dream. That was the first time I'd ever really heard my own album, because I had separated from the experience of making the record. And it really moved me. It made me cry, it's so beautiful.
    Out on a Limb. Details Magazine. October 1996
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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