Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter. — William Allan Copy Share Image
It is interesting to observe how real the object remains, in spite of all abstractions. — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a life in scorn of the consequences. — Clarence Jordan Copy Share Image
In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy. — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Almost everyone I meet is successful because of doing a lot of things right, and almost everyone I meet is successful in… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
By the way, the Harry Potter series is literature, in spite of what some people might say. The way J.K. Rowling worked… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I explain the law of compensation like this: 'Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
“when you hate a girl because she gets to kiss the boy you like, any little imperfection can become a spiteful nickname” — Wendy Brant Copy Share Image
He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her--while he was jealous of her--while he renounced her--he loved… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
The influence of friendship upon culture differs from that of love, in that it assumes the basic idiosyncrasies of personal taste to… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay; Invention, Nature's child, fled stepdame Study's blows; And others' feet still seemed but strangers… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
From the beginning, Tegan, you were more brother to me than any kin by blood. You still are.” Tegan felt likewise, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Speaking of birthdays, our firstborn [recently turned 2]. As parents sometimes fondly do, we reminisced a bit about his early days on… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
In the great depression, things could only be set right by causing the idle plant to work again . . . Roosevelt… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
With my union project in my hand, from town to town, from one end of France to the other, to talk to… — Flora Tristan Copy Share Image
Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Life is too short for any vain regretting... Between the swift sun's rising and its setting, we have no time for useless… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In spite of all these disquieting triumphs in the field of natural science, it's astonishing how little man has learned about himself,… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Sometimes we succeed because of our upbringing, sometimes we do so in spite of it. — Lois Greiman Copy Share Image
She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government. — Buenaventura Durruti Copy Share Image
...yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From out dark spirits. — John Keats Copy Share Image
Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image