Quotes with holier-than-thou

Quotes 1221 till 1240 of 4321.

  • Hanif Kureishi I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.
    Hanif Kureishi
    British playwright, filmmaker and novelist (1954 - )
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  • Gerald R. Ford I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.
    Gerald R. Ford
    American politician and 38th President of the United States (1913 - 2006)
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  • James R. Cook I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.
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  • Francis Bacon I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Alexander the Great I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
    Alexander the Great
    Macedonian king (352 - 323)
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  • William Shakespeare I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Oliver Cromwell I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
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  • Samuel Johnson I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • John Steinbeck I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • Georgia O'Keeffe I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
    Georgia O'Keeffe
    American painter and artist (1887 - 1986)
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  • William Shakespeare I hate ingratitude more in a person; than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or, any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Arthur Wellesley I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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  • Jimmy Connors I hate to lose more than I love to win.
    Jimmy Connors
    American tennis player (1952 - )
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  • August Strindberg I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.
    August Strindberg
    Swedish writer (1849 - 1912)
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  • Mark Twain I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won t.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Lord George Byron I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now and then, but every turn of the card and cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive - besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Orson Welles I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Tennessee Williams I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Rose F. Kennedy I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?
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  • Abraham Lincoln I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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