Quotes with worst

Quotes 61 till 80 of 272.

  • Chris Patten Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
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  • Nathanael Emmons Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
    Nathanael Emmons
    American Congregational minister and theologian (1745 - 1840)
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  • John Dryden Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Philip Roth He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.
    American Pastoral
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • William Hazlitt His worst is better than any other person's best.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Maya Angelou How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Walt Whitman I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Benjamin Tucker I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.
    Individual Liberty
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • James A. Garfield I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Hubert Humphrey I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Lord George Byron I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation - they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Robin Williams I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
    Robin Williams
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1951 - 2014)
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  • Antonio Tabucchi I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Bryan Greenberg I was a caddy once and I lost the golfer's clubs. Plus I don't know how to golf, so I was the worst caddy ever. Then I was a mortgage brokers assistant, so that was just carrying around a lot of files - pretty meaningless, mind-numbing work.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Alice Munro I was brought up to believe that the worst thing you could do was 'call attention to yourself,' or 'think you were smart.'
    Alice Munro
    Canadian short story writer (1931 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Augusten Burroughs I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Adam Jones I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
    Adam Jones
    American musician (1965 - )
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