Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 5161 till 5180 of 12035.

  • George Bernard Shaw It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Samuel Johnson It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • William Somerset Maugham It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bill Bryson It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game.
    In a Sunburned Country (US) / Down Under (UK) (2000)
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • S. I. Hayakawa It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
    S. I. Hayakawa
    Canada-American Senator (1902 - 1992)
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  • Adolf Hitler It is not truth that matters, but victory.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Barbara von Krüdener It is not virtuous women who are so ready to report suspicion of their sisters.
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  • Henry Ward Beecher It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon It is not well to make great changes in old age.
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    English Baptist preacher (1834 - 1892)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Anne Wilson Schaef It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end.
    Anne Wilson Schaef
    American clinical psychologist and author
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  • Tony Robbins It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
    Tony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Ching Ning Chu It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.
    Ching Ning Chu
    Chinese-American business consultant
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  • Thomas Henry Huxley It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Selma James It is not women's fault if we are so tender. It is in the nature of the lives we live. And further, it would be a terrible catastrophe if men had to live men's lives and women's also. Which is precisely what has happened today - to women.
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  • Henry Ward Beecher It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution which destroys the machinery but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • E. M. Cioran It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Albert Camus It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Alva Myrdal It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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