Quotes with well-adapted

Quotes 1321 till 1340 of 1346.

  • Elias Canetti A ''modern'' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Fred A. Allen A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Aldous Huxley A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Louisa May Alcott A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Ben Simmons A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Lou Holtz Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
    Lou Holtz
    American football coach (1937 - 1980)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Ambrose Bierce An acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Alfred E. Smith Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.
    Alfred E. Smith
    American politician (1873 - 1944)
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  • Thomas Fuller Blindness hatred is blind, as well as love.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Alfred Russel Wallace It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.
    Alfred Russel Wallace
    British naturalist, explorer, anthropologist and biologist (1823 - )
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  • Donald Trump My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well been documented, are various other parts of my body.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Andre Breton Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
    Andre Breton
    French writer (1896 - 1966)
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  • Bill Flores Our family is fortunate to have a well-documented history in a book titled 'The Flores Family - 1725 to 1963' by James F. Padgett.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce Physician - One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • William Shakespeare Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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