Quotes with might-have-been

Quotes 4801 till 4820 of 9541.

  • Johann Georg - Ritter von Zimmermann Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.
    Johann Georg - Ritter von Zimmermann
    Swiss philosopher, physician and writer (1728 - 1795)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Bob Taft Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Barry Ritholtz Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is why they have captured the investing public's imagination.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Horace Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Juvenal Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Alexander Dubcek Many legitimate forms of ownership, mainly cooperative and communal, had not been used to any effective extent mainly because of the imposition of Stalinist restrictions.
    Alexander Dubcek
    Czechoslovak and Slovak politician (1921 - 1992)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Many might go to Heaven with half the labor they go to hell.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bill Kristol Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • B. C. Forbes Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit, they have indulged in humor. They have not allowed dignity to depress them into moroseness. Youthfulnesss of spirit is the twin brother of optimism, and optimism is the stuff of which American business success is fashioned. Resist growing up!
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Ben Horowitz Many of the people that you lay off will have closer relationships with the people who stay than you do, so treat them with an appropriate level of respect.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bill Shuster Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay would just require the military to move them elsewhere.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Mignon McLaughlin Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part, and does not believe in the play.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Alexander Woollcott Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.
    Alexander Woollcott
    American critic and commentator (0 - 1943)
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  • Brad Holland Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings.
    Brad Holland
    American basketball player (1956 - )
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  • George Halas Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.
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  • Brad Holland Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.
    Brad Holland
    American basketball player (1956 - )
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  • Bob Barker Many people have the idea that game shows are easy to come up with. And nothing could be further from the truth.
    Bob Barker
    American television game show host (1923 - )
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  • Helen Keller Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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  • Bob Woodward Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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