Quotes with great-grandparents

Quotes 1161 till 1180 of 2174.

  • Omar Khayyam Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
    Omar Khayyam
    Persian astronoom, poet (1048 - 1131)
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  • Bayard Taylor Mysterious Flood, that through the silent sands Hast wandered, century on century, Watering the length of great Egyptian lands, Which were not, but for thee.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • H. G. Bohn Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.
    H. G. Bohn
    British publisher
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  • Bertrand Russell Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
    An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: A Hilarious Catalogue of Organized and Individual Stupidity
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Henry Fielding Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Dylan Thomas Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.
    Dylan Thomas
    English poet (1914 - 1953)
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  • Jane Welsh Carlyle Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
    Jane Welsh Carlyle
    Scottish writer (1801 - 1866)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Winston Churchill Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Joseph Joubert Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • David Letterman New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
    David Letterman
    American television host, comedian, writer, and producer (1947 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Winston Churchill No crime is so great as daring to excel.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Barry Lopez No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.
    Arctic Dreams
    Barry Lopez
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Calvin Coolidge No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Lyman Beecher No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
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  • Oscar Wilde No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • George Eliot No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Aristotle No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Emma Goldman No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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