Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 8401 till 8420 of 12035.

  • Boo Weekley The gossip mill on tour is always turning. I have to be a little careful about what I tell guys who I don't consider close friends, because even though they might not spread it to other players, they'll usually tell their wives. And once the wives get it, it's gone.
    Boo Weekley
    American professional golfer (1973 - )
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  • Bob Filner The government gets it right on Head Start. We are providing opportunities for children in underserved areas where parents may not be able to afford preschool so they can begin their schooling with a running or Head Start.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • John C. Calhoun The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Thomas J. Watson The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
    Thomas J. Watson
    American Businessman, Founder of IBM (1874 - 1956)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Arnold Bennett The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Bee Wilson The great American food writer M. F. K. Fisher once wrote an essay called 'The Anatomy of a Recipe.' To have a good anatomy, in her view, a recipe should have a sense of logical progression. She despaired of recipes with 'anatomical faults,' where the reader is told to make a cake batter and only then to grease the loaf pans.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • William Somerset Maugham The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Frank Dane The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Freya Stark The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
    Freya Stark
    British travel story writer (1893 - 1993)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Baltasar Gracian The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Lord George Byron The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • M. Scott Peck The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
    M. Scott Peck
    American psychiatrist and author (1936 - 2005)
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  • William Shakespeare The great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • John F. Kennedy The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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