Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it. — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
The chief business of twentieth-century philosopy is to reckon with twentieth-century history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reading has always been in the chief joy, a never-ending topic of conversation, and often a lifesaver, in my family. — Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Copy Share Image
I didn't become CM on 07-10-2001. I have always been CM, I am CM today and shall be CM forever. For me… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The artist... may suppose that ideas are his chief currency; but unless he is also attuned to feelings, in life and in… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is rightfully seen as the central fact, the crucial foundation, and the chief doctrine of the plan… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is the lowest of the qualities of an orator, but it is, on so many occasions, of chief importance,--a certain… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Can one alter one´s chief feature?" asked someone else. First it is necessary to know it. If you know it, much will… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
The chief business of seventeenth-century philosophy was to reckon with seventeenth-century science... the chief business of twentieth-century philosophy is to reckon with… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
The Lampoon started in 1970, and I began writing freelance for them around the end of 1971, and then all through '72.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Tailor's work--the finishing of men's outside garments--was the "trade" learned most frequently by women in [the 1820s and 1830s],and one or more… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
But though Usury is in itself immoral, and justly condemned by every ethical code, its chief and worst defect in the particular… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
We are … the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the… — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image
The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital.… — Ezra Heywood Copy Share Image
Commemorative stone in the floor of the Chapel of St. George in Westminster Abbey, London, dedicated in 1947: TO THE MEMORY OF… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
What a blessing 'terrorism' is for the state! It's the ideal distraction from the day-to-day reality of the state's chief activity: wringing… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The anarch is oriented to facts, not ideas. He fights alone, as a free man, and would never dream of sacrificing himself… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
Smith could not be expected to have anticipated the horrors that were to come. But even in his own time, he was… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012,… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
Right on to the New Period vineyard arbors were the centre and chief ornament of all gardens. — Marie-Luise Gothein Copy Share Image
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct… — Jim Thorpe Copy Share Image
The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important',… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
I will be as careful as I can in making the most significant decisions any president and commander-in-chief can make about sending… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers,… — James Wolfe Copy Share Image
The Chiefs have played an important role not just in Kansas City and Missouri but throughout the history of football. — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The chief imagination of Christendom, Dante Alighieri, so utterly found himself That he has made that hollow face of his More plain… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
![“Tailor's work--the finishing of men's outside garments--was the "trade" learned most frequently by women in [the 1820s and 1830s],and one or more of my older sisters worked at it; I think it must have been at home, for I somehow or somewhere got the idea, while I was a small child, that the chief…” quote by Lucy Larcom](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7e9/lucy-larcom-9021_chiefs_tailor-s-work-the-finishing-of-men-s-out_3158957.jpg)
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![“The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/99a/hillary-clinton-51_american-people_the-president-barack-obama-himself-has-s_622999.jpg)
