Quotes with less-than-excellent

Quotes 3541 till 3560 of 4622.

  • C. S. Lewis The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
    The Chronicles of Narnia (1950) The Magicians Nephew (1955), Ch. 10 : The First Jo
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Anthony Burgess The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six novels.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Will Durant The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Will Durant The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes, rather than their minds.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Isaac Asimov The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
    Isaac Asimov
    American writer (1920 - 1992)
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  • Susan B. Anthony The true Republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
    Susan B. Anthony
    American women's rights activist (1820 - 1906)
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright The truth is more important than the facts.
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    American architect (1867 - 1959)
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  • Vance Palmer The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things other than its own intrinsic quality; by a curiosity or lack of it about the people it deals with, their outlook, their way of life.
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  • Bob Schieffer The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.
    Bob Schieffer
    American television journalist (1937 - )
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  • Anne Rice The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Brene Brown The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bill Gates The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu The U.S. has a stronger military than Israel, but, but don't short-change Israel, either. Don't short-change them.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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  • Hal Borland The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.
    Hal Borland
    American author, journalist and naturalist
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  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.
    Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    Indian statesman (1924 - 2018)
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  • William Somerset Maugham The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
    Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
    Italian politician and banker (1920 - 2016)
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