Quotes with take-no-prisoners

Quotes 741 till 760 of 1268.

  • Ben Shapiro Selective Biblical quotation is a favorite of leftists who interpret the Bible the same way they do the Constitution: as a Chinese menu designed to allow picking and choosing. That's because when many Democrats take the Bible as a whole, they realize how much they despise it.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Barry Humphries Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Camille Paglia Sexual freedom, sexual liberation. A modern delusion. We are hierarchical animals. Sweep one hierarchy away, and another will take its place, perhaps less palatable than the first.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Dave Barry Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Carol Shields She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.
    The Marriage Plot (2011) 42
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Anthony Doerr Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Barry Sanders Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • George Eliot Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change - only to give stability to one beautiful moment.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Ann Bancroft Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.
    Ann Bancroft
    American author, teacher, adventurer (1955 - )
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  • Seneca Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Ben Stein Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Carl Honore Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Lord George Byron So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Andrew Grove So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.
    Andrew Grove
    Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author (1936 - 2016)
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  • Bill Bailey So go into your local branch of UBS, and say I'd like to open an account please., and when they say What with? take out a loud hailer and say NAZI GOLD! Just like you did!
    Tinselworm
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Agnes Smedley So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • Will Rogers So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Bruce Springsteen So let's take the good times as they go and I'll meet you further on up the road...
    The Rising (2002) Further On (Up the Road)
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Austan Goolsbee So more than 8 million people lost their jobs. It's going to take a significant push on our part and time before that comes down. I don't anticipate it coming down rapidly.
    Austan Goolsbee
    American economist (1969 - )
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  • Alan Thicke So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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