Quotes with most-used

Quotes 1021 till 1040 of 2849.

  • Henry James It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Aldous Huxley It isn’t only art that is incompatible with happiness, it’s also science. Science is dangerous, we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Edgar W. Howe It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Greil Marcus It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits.
    Greil Marcus
    American author, music journalist and critic (1945 - )
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  • Stephen Leacock It may be those who do most, dream most.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Bernadette Peters It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
    Bernadette Peters
    American actress, singer, and author (1948 - )
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  • Søren Kierkegaard It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Beryl Bainbridge It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner.
    Beryl Bainbridge
    English writer (1932 - 2010)
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  • Frederick the Great It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
    Frederick the Great
    King of Prussia (1740-1786) (1712 - 1786)
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  • Carl Sagan It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas... If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you... On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Angela Carter It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Benjamin Clementine It stayed with me - the Bible has stayed with me. I've grown out of it because, obviously, you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Brooks Atkinson It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
    Source: Once around the sun (1951)
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Caitlin Moran It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.
    Caitlin Moran
    English journalist, author, and broadcaster (1975 - )
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  • Ben Shahn It used to be twelve people crowded around a sewing table; now it's ten.
    Ben Shahn
    Lithuanian-born American artist (1898 - 1969)
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  • Boman Irani It used to bug me that I couldn't even afford to take my family for a proper holiday. I didn't have any professional knowledge, and getting a photographer's job in a magazine was out of the question. So, armed with a Pentax K1000, I started going to various maidans of Mumbai, looking for subjects.
    Boman Irani
    Indian actor (1959 - )
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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • Calamity Jane It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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