Quotes with thing

Quotes 1461 till 1480 of 1861.

  • Aristotle The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection [Are] that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • William Somerset Maugham The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Ursula K. Le Guin The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may thing what we like and say what we think.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • J. Vanbrugh The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.
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  • Sir John Vanbrugh The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.
    Sir John Vanbrugh
    English architect and dramatist (1664 - 1726)
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  • I Ching The way of the creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the great harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Anderson Cooper The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.
    Anderson Cooper
    American television journalist (1967 - )
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  • Charles Dickens The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Joseph De Maistre The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death.
    Joseph De Maistre
    French diplomat and philosopher (1753 - 1821)
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  • Gloria Steinem The whole idea is not to figure out what you should do that will matter, but to make each thing you do reflect the values you want, because we don't know what's going to matter in the future.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Bow Wow The whole point of the game is not to stick with one thing, because when that one thing ends, then what are you going to do? For me, I have movies, '106 & Park,' music, and other things to fall back on.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • Horace Walpole The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
    Horace Walpole
    British writer (1717 - 1797)
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  • Benjamin Bratt The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.
    Benjamin Bratt
    American actor, producer, and activist (1963 - )
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  • Bill Hader The whole thing with animated movies is that it's very hard to get out of your head because it's very moving through each line systematically.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Machiavelli The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Bruce Springsteen The wonderful thing about rock music is even if you hate the other person, sometimes you need him more, you know. In other words if he's the guy that made that sound, he's the guy that made that sound, and without that guy making that sound, you don't have a band, you know.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The word ''belief'' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it -I don't need to believe it.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Henry Miller The word ''civilization'' to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see... civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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