Quotes with persons

Quotes 101 till 120 of 127.

  • Brother Lawrence The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.
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  • James Thurber The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • André Maurois There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Francis H. Bradley There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Carroll Quigley This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Blaise Pascal Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Ban Ki-moon To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracián To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Margaret Fuller Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.
    Margaret Fuller
    American writer (1810 - 1850)
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  • Ben Jonson We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Jacques Maritain We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
    Jacques Maritain
    French Catholic philosopher (1882 - 1973)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle We have already begun to fly; several persons, here and there, have found the secret to fitting wings to themselves, of setting them in motion, so that they are held up in the air and are carried across streams.... The art of flying is only just being born; it will be perfected, and some day we will go as far as the moon.
    Entretiens sur la Pluralite des Mondes Habite
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Bruce Vento We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.
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  • Aristotle We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Akio Morita We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.
    Akio Morita
    Japanese businessman, founder of Sony (1921 - 1999)
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  • John Webster When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.
    John Webster
    English dramatist (1580 - 1634)
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