Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 8821 till 8840 of 12035.

  • Wilson Woodrow The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • T.B. Macauly The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.
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  • Sydney Smith The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • George S. Patton The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Frederick W. Robertson The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
    Frederick W. Robertson
    English divine (1816 - 1853)
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  • Silas Wright The office should seek the man, not man the office.
    Silas Wright
    American Democratic politician (1795 - 1847)
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  • Billy Graham The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bill Medley The Old Vegas is gone. It's not that it's necessarily better or worse; it's just totally different.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Samuel Butler The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Aeschylus The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence The one thing men have not learned to do is to stick up for their own instinctive feelings, against the things they are taught.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Cate Blanchett The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Machiavelli The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Charles Barkley The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
    Charles Barkley
    American professional basketball player (1963 - )
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  • Salvador Dali The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • George Eliot The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • John Stuart Mill The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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