Quotes with know-it-all

Quotes 8361 till 8380 of 8447.

  • Edgar Allan Poe I never can hear a crowd of people singing and gesticulating, all together, at an Italian opera, without fancying myself at Athens, listening to that particular tragedy, by Sophocles, in which he introduces a full chorus of turkeys, who set about bewailing the death of Meleager.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Ambrose Bierce I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Pablo Picasso I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Donald Trump I've been dealing with politicians all my life. They are all talk, no action.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Carol Loomis If a company's stock is undervalued - as many managers believe theirs is - a repurchase may offer the best payoff of all.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Thomas Fuller If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Carlos Santana If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
    Carlos Santana
    Mexican and American guitarist (1947 - )
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Blaise Pascal If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation, that He exists.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Ignoramus: A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • M. R. Dehaan Ignorance of God's prophetic outline, failure to know God's program for the Church, the nations, and Israel, is the cause of the overwhelming amount of error and misunderstanding of the events of the future.
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  • Alfred Russel Wallace In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
    Alfred Russel Wallace
    British naturalist, explorer, anthropologist and biologist (1823 - )
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  • Adele In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.
    Adele
    English singer-songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Bill Cosby In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and... mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Blair Underwood In terms of the black female audience, usually if you're true to that character but more so in your body of work if you've proven that you love your sisters and you proven you will come back home like in 42.4% they'll give you a pass when you jump ship. I hear it all the time.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Henry Ford It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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