Quotes with petty--never

Quotes 2261 till 2280 of 2981.

  • John Major The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.
    John Major
    British politician (1943 - )
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  • George Moore The poor would never be able to live at all if it were not for the poor.
    George Moore
    Irish writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bert Lance The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.
    Bert Lance
    American businessman (1931 - 2013)
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  • Thomas Jefferson The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Jeremy Bentham The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell.
    Jeremy Bentham
    English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748 - 1832)
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  • F. L. Lucan The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself.
    F. L. Lucan
    Roman epic poet (39 - 65)
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  • Oscar Wilde The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • June Jordan The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.
    June Jordan
    American poet and civil rights activist (1939 - )
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  • Charles Percy Snow The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Clarence Darrow The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • David Attenborough The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
    David Attenborough
    English veteran broadcaster and naturalist (1926 - )
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  • Bell Hooks The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Robert Alan The rain may be falling hard outside, But your smile makes it all alright. I'm so gland that you're my friend. I know our friendship will never end.
    Robert Alan
    American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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  • Lord George Byron The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Isadora Duncan The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.
    Isadora Duncan
    American Dancer (1877 - 1927)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Ernest A. Fitzgerald The real winners are not those at the top but those who have come the farthest over the toughest roads. Your victory may never make the headlines. But you will know about it, and that's what counts.
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  • Peter F. Drucker The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.
    Peter F. Drucker
    American management consultant and writer (1909 - 2005)
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