Quotes with manner

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  • George Bernard Shaw The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Raymond Chandler The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Frank Zappa The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, or using it as wallpaper for their lifestyles, like the score of a movie - it's consumed that way without any regard for how and why it's made.
    Frank Zappa
    American rock musician (1940 - 1993)
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  • Pierre Corneille The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
    Pierre Corneille
    French playwright (1606 - 1684)
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  • Brian Tracy The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
    Brian Tracy
    Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development aut (1944 - )
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  • Albert J. Nock The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Seneca There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • S. Maxwell Coder There is no doubt that God has often brought a certain verse to the attention of one of His children in an unusual and almost miraculous manner, for a special need, but the Word was never intended to be consulted in a superstitious manner.
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  • Bob Ehrlich Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.
    Bob Ehrlich
    American lawyer and politician (1957 - )
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  • Bruce Lee To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.
    Source: Striking Thoughts (2000)
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Samuel Butler We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men's mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men's keeping.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • William Hazlitt We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Plato We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Aristotle We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Albert Einstein We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bob Barr When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Richard Brinsley Sheridan When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.
    Richard Brinsley Sheridan
    Anglo-Irish dramatist (1751 - 1816)
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