Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 5601 till 5620 of 12035.

  • John Keats Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it.
    Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
    American lawyer, minister, educator, and humorist (1790 - 1870)
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  • Alan Moore Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.
    Alan Moore
    English writer (1953 - )
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  • Ferdinand de Saussure Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule to which all freely consent.
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  • Roland Barthes Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • Humphrey Davy Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
    Humphrey Davy
     
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  • Karl Kraus Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Candice Millard Late-19th-century America, with all its chaotic change and immense potential, seems to have been the perfect place to become not someone else, but someone new.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Brooke Burke Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Jane Austen Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Tim O'Brien Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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  • St. John Chrysostom Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.
    St. John Chrysostom
    Early Church Father and archbishop
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  • Oscar Wilde Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
    Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Gloria Steinem Law and justice are not always the same.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Arthur J. Goldberg Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
    Arthur J. Goldberg
    American jurist and politician
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  • Otto von Bismark Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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  • Otto Von Bismarck Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made.
    Otto Von Bismarck
    German statesman and prime minister (1815 - 1898)
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  • Huey Newton Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.
    Huey Newton
    African-American political activist (1942 - 1989)
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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