Quotes with worth-while

Quotes 401 till 420 of 1020.

  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • E. M. Cioran It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Carl Sagan It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • James Baldwin It is perfectly possible to be enamoured of Paris while remaining totally indifferent or even hostile to the French.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Dean William R. Inge It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
    Dean William R. Inge
    Dean of St Paul's, London (1860 - 1954)
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  • Dean Inge It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
    Patriotism (1919)
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  • Shirley Maclaine It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love, drunk, or running for office.
    Shirley Maclaine
    American actress, singer and author (1934 - )
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  • Billie Jean King It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Raymond Chandler It is wrong to be harsh with the New York critics, unless one admits in the same breath that it is a condition of their existence that they should write entertainingly about something which is rarely worth writing about at all.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Mark Twain It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • C. S. Lewis It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
    C.S. Lewis on joy
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Benjamin Graham It must be fundamentally wrong to reduce production of food and fiber while one-third of our population is still ill fed and ill clothed.
    Storage and Stability Part IV, Ch. XVI, Reservoir Plan Versus Crop Contr
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Woody Allen It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Anne Tyler It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • George Eliot It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Camilla Belle It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.
    Camilla Belle
    Brazilian-American actress, director and producer (1986 - )
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  • Bruce Davison It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.
    Bruce Davison
    American actor and director (1946 - )
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  • Bill Paxton It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer myself. But I grew up around the game. My mom and dad kind of built their dream house off the 11th fairway of Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Bill Watterson It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out.
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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