Quotes with not-so-fun

Quotes 1741 till 1760 of 10439.

  • Jacob Bronowski Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
    Jacob Bronowski
    British Scientist, Author (1908 - 1974)
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  • Bono Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Beth Ditto Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don't think it'll happen - and that's fine. It's kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Jeanette Winterson Do it from the heart or not at all.
    Source:  (2007)
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Dogen Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.
    Dogen
    Japanese Zen-teacher
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  • Victor Hugo Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    German poet (1875 - 1926)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Oscar Wilde Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Confucius Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Richard Branson Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
    Richard Branson
    English business magnate, investor and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • W. M. Thackeray Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Ryszard Kapuscinski Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.
    Ryszard Kapuscinski
    Polish foreign correspondent and journalist (1932 - 2007)
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Buddha Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the goo
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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