Quotes with well-meaning

Quotes 1461 till 1480 of 1547.

  • Benigno Aquino III While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it would be better if you give the same amount of attention to issues that matter as well.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Edward Young Who does the best his circumstance allows, does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Bruce Vilanch Who knew we had all this O.C.D. in the world? Well actually, I suppose it's pretty obvious. It explains Sudoku, doesn't it?
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Algernon Sydney Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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  • Claudette Colbert Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.
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  • Albrecht Durer Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Herman Melville Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have out paper allegories but ill comprehended.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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  • Seneca Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Bergen Evans Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.
    Bergen Evans
    American professor and television host
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  • Lucian Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.
    Lucian
     
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  • Bjarne Stroustrup With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Danish computer scientist (1950 - )
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  • Bill Wyman With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
    Bill Wyman
    English musician, record producer and songwriter (1936 - )
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  • Anzia Yezierska Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut - a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the immigrant, he would forever remain driven back upon himself, corroded by the very richness of the unused gifts within his soul.
    Anzia Yezierska
    Jewish-American novelist (1880 - 1970)
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  • Voltaire Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Fran Lebowitz Women who insist on having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type.
    Metropolitan life
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • William Butler Yeats Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Blaise Pascal Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
    Pensees
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Joseph Conrad Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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