Quotes with up-their-own-butt

Quotes 721 till 740 of 4570.

  • Sir Philip Sidney Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
    Sir Philip Sidney
    British Author, Courtier (1554 - 1586)
    - +
     0
  • Bill Gross Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
    - +
     0
  • Cai Guo-Qiang Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.
    Cai Guo-Qiang
    Chinese artist (1957 - )
    - +
     0
  • William Shakespeare Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
    - +
     0
  • Søren Kierkegaard Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
    - +
     0
  • Cass Sunstein Concerned about re-election, interest-group reactions, the media, or fundraising, many legislators have found it in their interest to refuse to cooperate with members of the opposing party - or to treat them as enemies in some kind of war, in which the whole point is to defeat and humiliate them. But the American people have been the real losers.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • Dorothy Dix Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
    Dorothy Dix
    American newspaper columnist (1861 - 1951)
    - +
     0
  • Butch Otter Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.
    - +
     0
  • Bob Filner Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
    - +
     0
  • George Bancroft Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
    George Bancroft
    American historian (1800 - 1891)
    - +
     0
  • 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)
    - +
     0
  • Carl Schurz Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too.
    Carl Schurz
    American statesman, journalist, and reformer (1829 - 1906)
    - +
     0
  • Seneca Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
    - +
     0
  • Ben Bernanke Consumers going through foreclosure typically will see their credit scores drop, raising longer-term questions about their ability to rebound financially and perhaps pursue a more sustainable home purchase at some later point.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
    - +
     0
  • 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)
    - +
     0
  • Charles Caleb Colton Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
    - +
     0
  • Alice Duer Miller Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.
    Alice Duer Miller
    American writer (1874 - 1942)
    - +
     0
  • Jack Welch Control your own destiny or someone else will.
    Jack Welch
    American businessman, author, and chemical engineer (1935 - 2020)
    - +
     0
  • Carol Bellamy Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
    - +
     0
  • Benjamin Disraeli Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
    - +
     0
All up-their-own-butt famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 37)