Quotes with thing—but

Quotes 7181 till 7200 of 10185.

  • Kahlil Gibran The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house as a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Bee Wilson The main influence on a child's palate may no longer be a parent but a series of food manufacturers whose products - despite their illusion of infinite choice - deliver a monotonous flavour hit, quite unlike the more varied flavours of traditional cuisine.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Thomas Hardy The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Will Rogers The main thing about being a hero is to know when to die.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Bill Cunningham The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don't see at the fashion shows. You find information for readers so they can visualize themselves.
    Bill Cunningham
    American fashion photographer
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  • Billie Jean King The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
    Billie Jean
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Otto Von Bismarck The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
    Otto Von Bismarck
    German statesman and prime minister (1815 - 1898)
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  • Conor Cruise O'Brien The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.
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  • Douglas Adams The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Billy Paul The male singers who had the same range I did, when I was growing up, didn't do much for me. But put on Nina Simone, Carmen McRae or Nancy Wilson, and I'd be in seventh heaven. Female vocalists just did more with their voices, and that's why I paid more attention to them.
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  • Sir Arthur Helps The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.
    Sir Arthur Helps
    English writer and dean of the Privy Council (1813 - 1875)
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  • Calvin Coolidge The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Charles M. Schwab The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • Dale Carnegie The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Thomas Jefferson The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing, but newspapers.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Aaron Hill The man with but one idea in his head is sure to exaggerate that to top-heaviness, and thus he loses his equilibrium.
    Aaron Hill
    English dramatist and writer (1685 - 1750)
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  • John F. Kennedy The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Douglas Everett The mark of a well educated person is not necessarily in knowing all the answers, but in knowing where to find them.
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  • Anita Roddick The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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