Quotes with thing—but

Quotes 1821 till 1840 of 10185.

  • Bo Bennett Confusing the words wish, faith and pray with each other usually just results in a minor grammatical faux pas, but when any of these words, especially hope, is confused with action, the results are much more devastating.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Bobby Jindal Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Carter Burwell Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • Robert Herrick Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
    Robert Herrick
    English lyric poet and cleric (1591 - 1674)
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  • Henry Fielding Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Jeremy Taylor Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • George Santayana Consciousness is a very superficial thing.
    Letters of G. Santayana
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Abba Eban Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
    Abba Eban
    Israeli diplomat and politician (1915 - 2002)
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  • John Stuart Mill Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Bill Kristol Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the ''breadwinner ethic.''
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Victoria Billings Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
    Victoria Billings
    American writer
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  • John Donne Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Bono Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy; rich not gaudy; for the apparel oft proclaims the man.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • A. E. Housman Could man be drunk for ever
    With liquor, love, or fights,
    Lief should I rouse at mornings
    And lief lie down of nights.
    But men at whiles are sober
    And think by fits and starts,
    And if they think, they fasten
    Their hands upon their hearts.
    Last Poems (1922) No. 10, st. 2
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Barbara Boxer Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Charles De Montesquieu Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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