Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 6181 till 6200 of 12035.

  • Lord Chesterfield Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Jerry Rubin Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.
    Jerry Rubin
     
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  • Woodrow Wilson Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • A. E. Housman Most men are rather stupid, and most of those who are not stupid are, consequently, rather vain.
    Source: The Application of Thought to Textual Criticism, a lecture delivered on August 4, 1921
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Seneca Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Cardinal de Retz Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.
    Cardinal de Retz
    French churchman and writer of memoirs (1613 - 1679)
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  • Benjamin Whorf Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.
    Benjamin Whorf
    American linguist and engineer (1897 - 1941)
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  • Bruce Coville Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert Most of my rings are not expensive at all; they're just things that remind me of people that gave 'em to me. And they all have their own stories, their own meanings.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Robert South Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.
    Robert South
    English churchman (1634 - 1716)
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  • Ari Fleischer Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens.
    Ari Fleischer
    American media consultant and political aide (1960 - )
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  • Blac Chyna Most of the time when you're around the opposite sex, you kinda have to put on a show and not completely be yourself.
    Blac Chyna
    American model, socialite and entrepreneur (1988 - )
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  • Bo Bennett Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Peter Marshall Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
    Peter Marshall
    Scots-American preacher (1902 - 1949)
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  • Beverley Nichols Most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked about the house with a saintly expression.
    Beverley Nichols
    English playwright, journalist and composer (1898 - 1983)
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  • Carlos Santana Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
    Carlos Santana
    Mexican and American guitarist (1947 - )
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  • Bryant H. McGill Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Most people do not pray; they only beg.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Caio Fonseca Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
    Caio Fonseca
    American painter (1959 - )
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  • Vauvenargues Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
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