Quotes with sure-footedness

Quotes 101 till 120 of 432.

  • Friedrich von Schlegel Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.
    Friedrich von Schlegel
    German man of letters and art critic (1772 - 1829)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • R. A. Torrey God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything.
    R. A. Torrey
    American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer (1856 - 1928)
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  • John Dryden Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • William Penn He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at last.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Napoleon He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • George Berkeley He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
    George Berkeley
    Irish philosopher and bishop (1685 - 1753)
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  • A. E. Housman Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Abraham Cowley His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Jane Austen Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Bob Dylan I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Clarence Darrow I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I am not sure about Bill Nelson. I haven't heard him say, 'Let's junk the NASA plan to send humans to the moon.' He's not about to say that. That would not be very popular.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Thomas Taylor I am pretty sure that we err in treating these sayings as paradoxes. It would be nearer the truth to say that it is life itself which is paradoxical and that the sayings of Jesus are simply a recognition of that fact.
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  • Bernard M. Baruch I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat.
    News summaries (29 August 1955)
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Arthur Christopher Benson I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.
    The Temple of Death
    Arthur Christopher Benson
    English essayist, poet, author and academic (1862 - 1925)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I am sure no other civilization, not even the Romans, has showed such a vast proportion of ignominious and degraded nudity, and ugly, squalid dirty sex. Because no other civilization has driven sex into the underworld, and nudity to the W.C.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Alexander Mackenzie I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.
    Alexander Mackenzie
    Canadian politician
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  • Lord Chesterfield I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has heard me laugh.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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