Quotes with long-sought

Quotes 701 till 720 of 1175.

  • C. Thomas Howell Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback or the game-winning wide receiver. I've been around long enough and done enough stuff to where I don't feel that way. I just want to do what I do as well as possible.
    - +
     0
  • E. M. Forster One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
    - +
     0
  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
    - +
     0
  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
    - +
     0
  • L. van der Post One of the most moving aspects of life is how long the deepest memories stay with us.
    - +
     0
  • John Ruskin One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it is impossible they will ever be right.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
    - +
     0
  • Bernard M. Baruch One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
    - +
     0
  • Molière One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
    - +
     0
  • Francis H. Bradley One said of suicide, ''As long as one has brains one should not blow them out.'' And another answered, ''But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.''
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
    - +
     0
  • I Ching One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
    - +
     0
  • Simone de Beauvoir One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
    - +
     0
  • Eleanor Roosevelt One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
    - +
     0
  • Curtis Carlson Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed
    Curtis Carlson
    American businessman and technologist (1945 - )
    - +
     0
  • Karl Mannheim Only when we are thoroughly aware of the limited scope of every point of view, are we on the road to the sought-for comprehension of the whole.
    Karl Mannheim
    Jewish-Hungarian sociologist (1893 - 1947)
    - +
     0
  • William Arthur Ward Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
    William Arthur Ward
    American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
    - +
     0
  • Bob Barr Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be verified through audit trails.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
    - +
     0
  • Caroll Spinney Oscar is the exact opposite of how I think you should behave. I just think of it as a negative view of the positive mind I have. Big Bird is sweet and nice and also sympathetic, as kids can identify with him even though he looks like such a bizarre character - great 8 feet 2 inches, a beak 18 inches long.
    Caroll Spinney
    American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (1933 - 2019)
    - +
     0
  • Carl Gustav Jung Our blight is ideologies - they are the long-expected Antichrist!
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
    - +
     0
  • Bill McKibben Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit down with every one else to plan to keep 80 percent of the reserves in the ground.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
    - +
     0
  • Blair Underwood Our deal always was that we did one as scripted always, we got it like we thought we needed - so we were all happy with it as written. Then I'd let him play as long as we had time.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
    - +
     0
All long-sought famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 36)