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Quotes 701 till 720 of 1401.

  • Plato No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Margaret Thatcher No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • John Ruskin No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Antonio Tabucchi No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Bill James None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I'm not saying that at all.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Bill Bailey Not a very well-known fact, but on planes they always carry a trombone just in case there's a disaster and they need to keep morale up. All cabin crew - fully proficient in the trombone. And of course there's a double facility: if you ditch at sea, it can be used as a snorkel.
    Source: Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Alcaeus of Mytilene Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
    Alcaeus of Mytilene
    Ancient Greek poet
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  • Seneca Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Ben Jonson Not to know vice at all, and keep true state,
    Is virtue, and not fate:
    Next to that virtue is to know vice well,
    And her black spite expel.
    Source: The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio Epode, lines 1-4.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Angelus Silesius Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine.
    Angelus Silesius
    German Catholic priest and physician (1624 - 1677)
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  • Andrew Bernstein Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
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  • Alice S. Rossi Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well-paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it.
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  • William Cobbett Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.
    William Cobbett
    British journalist (1763 - 1835)
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  • John Henry Newman Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
    John Henry Newman
    English theologian (1801 - 1890)
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  • Arthur Godfrey Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Barack Obama Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bill Parcells Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Carl Forti Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
    Carl Forti
    American Republican Party strategist (1972 - )
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