Quotes 221 till 240 of 3128.
-
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
-
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
-
A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
-
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
-
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
-
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
-
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.
Source: The Year of Magical Thinking (2007) 192 -
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
-
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
-
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.
-
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
-
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
-
A tiny blue dot set in a sunbeam. Here it is. That's where we live. That's home. We humans are one species and this is our world. It is our responsibility to cherish it. Of all the worlds in our solar system, the only one so far as we know, graced by life.
Source: Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 58 min 56 sec -
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
-
A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do - namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.
-
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
-
A very sensitive person in this stupid world is bound to become mad.... Only meditation can save him from becoming mad.
-
A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
-
A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest Act 3 -
A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered ;about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.
All world-class famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 12)
