Quotes with subject-matter

Quotes 361 till 380 of 700.

  • Anton Chekhov No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Lily Tomlin No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Ogden Nash No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bertrand Russell No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Mario Vargas Llosa No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.
    Mario Vargas Llosa
    Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist (1936 - )
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  • Zora Neale Hurston No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
    Zora Neale Hurston
    American novelist, short story writer, folklorist and anthropologist (1891 - 1960)
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  • William James No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Ben Carson No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Gloria Steinem No matter how hard I worked, whatever I accomplished was attributed to my looks. If you're working your ass off, then you don't want to be told that you only got whatever because of the way you look. It takes the heart out of you.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Al Gore No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Brad Stone No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed.
    Brad Stone
    American journalist (1971 - )
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  • Bon Scott No matter how long you play rock and roll, songs might change just as long as the balls are there, the rock balls. And that's what's important to us
    Source: Interview with Record Review, 1979
    Bon Scott
     
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  • Bert McCracken No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart... nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it.
    Bert McCracken
    American singer (1982 - )
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  • Anne Sullivan Macy No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.
    Anne Sullivan Macy
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • Abraham Lincoln No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bill Parcells No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Bernard Lagat No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.
    Bernard Lagat
     
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  • Billy Graham No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Minor White No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.
    Minor White
     
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