Quotes with half-century

Quotes 81 till 100 of 546.

  • Bertrand Russell Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
    The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Bruce Springsteen Born down in a dead man's town;
    The first kick I took was when I hit the ground.
    You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
    'Til you spend half your life just covering up.
    Born In The U.S.A. (1984) Born in the USA
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Omar Bradley Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
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  • Bill Flores By fostering competition, leveling the playing field, and increasing transparency, we can bring America's health care sector into the 21st century.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Edward Young By night an atheist half believes in God.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Edward Young By night an atheist half-believes a God.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Bette Midler Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, ''I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?''
    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Chemical weapons simply have no place in the 21st century. Progress in this vital area will help generate momentum to meet our goal of eliminating all weapons of mass destruction.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • George W. Truett Christ was born in the first century, yet he belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries.
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  • Barry Diller Companies like GE and Procter & Gamble have been in business for a long time. Over decades or a century you're bound to figure out a management structure that works.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Bobby Jones Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.
    Bobby Jones
    American golfer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Sir Peter Medawar Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won't do. It's an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory can ever be erected on its ruins, which will remain for ever one of the saddest and strangest of all landmarks in the history of twentieth-century thought.
    Sir Peter Medawar
    British biologist and immunologist (1915 - 1987)
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  • Plautus Courage in danger is half the battle.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?
    Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
    American advertising executive
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  • Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?
    Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
    American advertising executive
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  • Winston Churchill Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Robert Half Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.
    Robert Half
    American businessman, founder of Robert Half HR consulting firm
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  • Og Mandino Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable.
    Og Mandino
    American author (1923 - 1996)
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  • E. B. White Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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