Quotes with stamp

  • Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.
  • The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
  • You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side.
  • Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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  • Josh Billings Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Henry Wheeler Shaw My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
    Henry Wheeler Shaw
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is fined; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved: wrongs may well try him, and touch him, but cannot imprint in him any false stamp.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • Sir William Temple Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bjork Declare independence
    Don't let them do that to you
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    Start your own currency
    Make your own stamp
    Protect your language
    Songs Declare Independence, from Volta (2007)
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Emile Durkheim Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.
    Emile Durkheim
    French sociologist (1858 - 1917)
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  • Charles de Gaulle Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Mme de Stael Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Sylvia Plath I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.
    Sylvia Plath
    American poet (1932 - 1963)
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  • William Wycherley I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • Evelyn Waugh If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Carla Bruni Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
    Carla Bruni
    Italian-French singer-songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Charles Baudelaire Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Charles Buxton Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
    Charles Buxton
    British writer (1823 - 1871)
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  • Bill Gates Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' [...] Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Napoleon Hill The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Benito Mussolini War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Andrew Taylor Still You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side.
    Andrew Taylor Still
    American physician and surgeon (1828 - 1917)
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