Quotes with well-descended

Quotes 661 till 680 of 1347.

  • Binyavanga Wainaina Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.
    Binyavanga Wainaina
    Kenyan author and journalist (1971 - 2019)
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  • John Churton Collins Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
    John Churton Collins
    British literary critic (1848 - 1908)
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  • Asa Gray Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson No man can do anything well, who does not esteem his work to be of importance.
    Nature
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Napoleon Hill No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Lord Chesterfield No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • George Bernard Shaw No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Booker T. Washington No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Al Gore No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Channing Pollock No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.
    Channing Pollock
    American actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Sir Laurence Olivier No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.
    Sir Laurence Olivier
    English actor and stage director (1907 - 1989)
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  • Victor Hugo No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • 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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  • 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.
    Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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