Quotes with quick-silver

Quotes 61 till 77 of 77.

  • Bob Barr The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties - from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Bode Miller The silver medals I won in Salt Lake City didn't give me anything. Last year I set myself the goal of winning the World Cup and lining up a long series of wins. It was my private challenge.
    Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Berthold Auerbach The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
    Berthold Auerbach
    German-Jewish writer and poet (1812 - 1882)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Aaron Klug The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure to achieve quick or short term results.
    Aaron Klug
    British biophysicist (1926 - 2018)
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  • Anna Held There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Marshall Pugh They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight.
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Juvenal We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Adrian Edmondson We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.
    Adrian Edmondson
    British actor (1957 - )
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  • Brigham Young We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Cyril Connolly When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B s. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Aristotle Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Beau Willimon You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Aristotle Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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