Quotes with well-meaning

Quotes 581 till 600 of 1547.

  • Barnett Newman It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted.
    Barnett Newman
    American artist (1905 - 1970)
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  • Campbell Newman It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
    Campbell Newman
    Australian politician (1963 - )
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  • George Santayana It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Russell Lynes It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
    Russell Lynes
    American editor, criticus (1910 - 1991)
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  • Ben Jonson It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
    The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Jonathan Swift It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Bryant H. McGill It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Marcia Wieder It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • C. S. Lewis It is hard to have patience with people who say ''There is no death'' or ''Death doesn't matter.'' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Epicurus It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
    Epicurus
    Greek Philosopher (341 - 270)
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  • Aesop It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Plutarch It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Ansel Adams It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • Anthony Trollope It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Kin Hubbard It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Andrew Cohen It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • René Descartes It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
    René Descartes
    French philosopher, scientist (1596 - 1650)
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  • Julius Caesar It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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