Quotes with mountain-too-high

Quotes 821 till 840 of 1686.

  • J. B. Priestley Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
    J. B. Priestley
    English novelist, playwright and scriptwriter (1894 - 1984)
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  • Heinrich Heine Matrimony is the high sea for which no compass has yet to be invented.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • Ben Bradlee Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.
    Ben Bradlee
    American journalist (1921 - 2014)
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  • Bob Beauprez Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • John Dryden Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • George Santayana Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Allen Tate Men expect too much, do too little.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Rebecca West Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too of furnishing the rebellion which is sometimes necessary if society is not to perish of immobility.
    Rebecca West
    British author (1892 - 1983)
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  • Francis Bacon Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Sir Max Beerbohm Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    British Actor (1872 - 1956)
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  • Aristophanes Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
    Aristophanes
    Ancient Greek comic playwright (446 - 386)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Barry Zito Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
    Barry Zito
    American baseball pitcher and musician (1978 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • William Wycherley Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • Frank A. Clark Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.
    Frank A. Clark
    American politician
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Money often costs too much.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Billie Holiday Money, you've got lots of friends
    Crowding round the door
    When you're gone, spending ends
    They don't come no more
    Rich relations give
    Crust of bread and such
    You can help yourself
    But don't take too much.
    God Bless The Child
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Stephen King Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
    Stephen King
    American author of horror and supernatural fiction (1947 - )
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