Quotes with never-was

Quotes 1821 till 1840 of 2959.

  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton One may understand the Cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Groucho Marx One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
    Groucho Marx
    American comic actor (1890 - 1977)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Brit Marling One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.
    Brit Marling
    American actress and screenwriter (1982 - )
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  • Oliver Stone One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
    Oliver Stone
    American writer and filmmaker (1946 - )
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  • Finley Peter Dunne One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
    Finley Peter Dunne
    American Journalist, Humorist (1867 - 1936)
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  • Anita Hill One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Jonathan Swift One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Edward Dahlberg One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Margaret Thatcher One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben Horowitz One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch individuals.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • James C. Humes One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
    James C. Humes
    American author and former presidential speechwriter (1934 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Charles Dickens One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Oscar Wilde One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Paul Auster One should never underestimate the power of books.
    Source: The Brooklyn Follies (2008) 139
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Don Shula One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
    Don Shula
    American football coach and player (1930 - )
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