Quotes with much-maligned

Quotes 401 till 420 of 1944.

  • Dave Barry Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Blaise Pascal Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Half wits talk much, but say little.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Norman Macewan Happiness is not so much in having or sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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  • Machiavelli Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • James Baldwin Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Ernest Hemingway Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Brett Ratner Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • Brent Spiner Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.
    Brent Spiner
    American actor, comedian and singer (1949 - )
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  • Thomas à Kempis He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • James Graham He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
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  • Thomas Secker He enjoys much who is thankful for little.
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  • Jack Nicklaus He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
    Jack Nicklaus
    American golf player (1940 - )
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  • John Aubrey He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
    John Aubrey
    English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer (1626 - 1697)
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  • Margaret Halsey He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.
    Margaret Halsey
    American writer
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  • Molière He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    German poet (1875 - 1926)
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  • Baltasar Gracian He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Jeremy Taylor He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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