Quotes with words-not

Quotes 8981 till 9000 of 10692.

  • Barry Ritholtz Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • William Blake Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Voltaire Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Sir Isaac Newton Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
    Source: Rules for methodizing the Apocalypse Rule 9
    Sir Isaac Newton
    British scientist, mathematician (1643 - 1727)
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  • Bryant H. McGill Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Vernon Howard Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
    Vernon Howard
    Swiss actor (1918 - 1992)
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  • Anais Nin Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Francis Bacon Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Jules Renard Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Joseph Conrad Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Lao-Tzu Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Boris Johnson Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix, and stay conscious.
    Source: Beth Pearson, Has Howard got news for Boris?, The Herald (Glasgow), 13 November 2004, p. 15.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Charles Schultz Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.
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  • Billy Casper Try to think where you want to put the ball not where you don't want it to go.
    Billy Casper
    American professional golfer (1931 - )
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  • Arianna Huffington Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Billy Beane Trying to build a team over the course of the winter to put on the field is really just half the job. Because if your best players go down, it's not so much him going down as who you replace him with, which ultimately might have the biggest impact on how you end up finishing. So you want to have both a belt and suspenders for support.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Winston Churchill Trying to maintain good relations with a Communist is like wooing a crocodile. You do not know whether to tickle it under the chin or beat it over the head. When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Confucius Tsze-Kung asked, saying, is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?'' The Master said, ''Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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