Quotes with know-it-all

Quotes 5621 till 5640 of 8447.

  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Willem De Kooning The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.
    Willem De Kooning
    Dutch-American painter (1904 - 1997)
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  • Philip Crosby The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.
    Philip Crosby
     
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  • Anatole France The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • A. E. Housman The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • William Saroyan The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.
    William Saroyan
    Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and writer (1908 - 1981)
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  • Bruno Dumont The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Napoleon Hill The battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Charles Lamb The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • John Ruskin The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • William James The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • George Orwell The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • William Butler Yeats The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Douglas Macarthur The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
    Douglas Macarthur
    American general in WO II (1880 - 1964)
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  • Brene Brown The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Josh Billings The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord it ain't the gout.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Burton Hillis The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
    Burton Hillis
     
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  • Anne Frank The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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