Quotes with invariably

  • A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain.
  • There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.
  • Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

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  • Oscar Wilde A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • George Orwell Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The Jews generally give value. They make you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my experience the men who want something for nothing are invariably Christians.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Robert A. Heinlein A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • Bill Cosby A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • B. C. Forbes A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self-denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • George Orwell All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Julie Burchill As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Billy Evans Ball teams do not always run true to form in a short series. In a season's campaign, class will tell; the best team will invariably win, unless disaster overtakes it. In a short series, some freak situation, same unusual play, may prove to be the turning point.
    Billy Evans
    American umpire in Major League Baseball (1884 - )
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  • Karl Kraus Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Aleister Crowley Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Alexander Graham Bell Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator (1847 - 1922)
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  • Algernon H. Blackwood His imagination conceived and bore - worlds; but nothing in these worlds became alive until he discovered its true and living name. The name was the breath of life; and, sooner or later, he invariably found it.
    Algernon H. Blackwood
    English broadcasting narrator, journalist and writer (1869 - 1951)
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  • George Borrow I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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  • Calvin Coolidge I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Thomas Malthus I think it will be found that experience,
    the true source and foundation of all knowledge,
    invariably confirms its truth.
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • Cavett Robert If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the RIVER OF GREATNESS is always the STREAM OF ADVERSITY.
    Cavett Robert
    American businessman and founder of the National Speakers Association (1907 - 1997)
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  • Larry McMurtry Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
    Larry McMurtry
    American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter (1936 - )
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  • David J. Schwartz It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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