Quotes 9421 till 9440 of 12035.
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There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.
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There are fathers who do not love their children, but there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
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There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
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There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
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There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power.
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There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.
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There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
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There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been a success, Mammon grips them and whispers: ''More money for more work.''
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There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
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There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer: Why do you and I exist? Why was this world created? Since it was to be created, why was it not created sooner?
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There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists.
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There are lots of people shaping decisions, and so if we want to predict correctly, we have to pay attention to everybody who is trying to shape the outcome, not just the people at the pinnacle of the decision-making pyramid.
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There are lots of retailers that are now scrambling to emulate the Amazon model, so Amazon does not have a monopoly on same-day distribution or broad selection or low prices. All that said, there are advantages that accrue to the largest player, so I don't see much in the way of Amazon slowing down.
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There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.
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There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.
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There are many people that struggle and struggle and have all the talent in the world, but for some reason they are not successful. You never know why those things happen.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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