Quotes with know-nothings

Quotes 721 till 740 of 2478.

  • George Washington I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • John D. Rockefeller I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
    John D. Rockefeller
    American industrialist: founder Exxon (1839 - 1937)
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  • Voltaire I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Edmund Burke I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Vera Brittain I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
    Vera Brittain
    English nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist (1893 - 1970)
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  • Ulysses S. Grant I know only two tunes. One them is ''Yankee Doodle'' and the other isn't.
    Ulysses S. Grant
    American Army general (1822 - 1885)
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  • Albert Einstein I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Asa Gray I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I understood your premisses, I felt sure you had a real foundation to hold on.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • August Wilson I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along.
    August Wilson
    American playwright (1945 - 2005)
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  • Ben Hecht I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour; for a day, for a month, but I can give and I'm very happy to do that and I want to do that.
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  • Arthur Miller I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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  • Peter Nivio Zarlenga I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.
    Peter Nivio Zarlenga
    American businessman, founder of Blockbuster Videos
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  • Aaliyah I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing.
    Aaliyah
    American singer, actress and model (1979 - 2001)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Aneurin Bevan I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Lord George Byron I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Armistead Maupin I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • William James I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • William Congreve I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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