Quotes with otherwise

Quotes 41 till 60 of 113.

  • Adelbert von Chamisso I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Anne Stevenson I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Albrecht Durer If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Anne Frank If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Beau Willimon In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • George Bernard Shaw It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own period.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Anthony Trollope It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Adam Smith It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • René Daumal It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
    René Daumal
    French writer, philosopher and poet (1908 - 1944)
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  • Thomas Carlyle It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Antonio Machado Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human.
    Antonio Machado
    Spanish writer and poet (1875 - 1939)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Bernard Berenson Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her?
    Bernard Berenson
    American art historian (1865 - 1959)
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  • Oliver Cromwell Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
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  • Brad Sherman My positions on gun safety have remained consistent over the years, and have been on my website for years. Whether I'm in a tough re-election race, an easy re-election race, or if it isn't an election year, whether there's a high-profile tragedy in the news or otherwise, my position remains unchanged and on my website.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Marquis de Custine Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.
    Marquis de Custine
    French aristocrat and writer
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  • Robert H. Schuller Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Arne Jacobsen On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.
    Arne Jacobsen
    Danish architect and designer (1902 - 1971)
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