In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself. — Katie Roiphe Copy Share Image
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a… — Paul von Hindenburg Copy Share Image
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. — Livy Copy Share Image
You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedposts overnight. If your mother said don't chew it, do you swallow it… — Lonnie Donegan Copy Share Image
The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
And on the last day, the bad days become so difficult to recall, because one way or another, she had made a… — John Green Copy Share Image
A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
“As for those who spite you, and seemingly just because, it's only evident that they're learning from you. Maybe you taste bad… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on… — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
But she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
In spite of conflicting signals - and in spite of a popular culture that sometimes puts down their innocence - most of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Forgiving presupposes remembering. And it creates a forgetting not in the natural way we forget yesterday's weather, but in the way of… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Religion is unusual among divisive labels in being spectacularly unnecessary. If religious beliefs had any evidence going for them, we might have… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
“Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is no ground whatever for the claim, so often made by religious apologists, that these ideals are specifically Christian and originated… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
“I'd take cyanide no problem if it was that or throwing a cat out in the street, even a moth-eaten, mangy, caterwauling… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them. — E. Stanley Jones 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
Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you… — Todd McFarlane Copy Share Image
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
This is what happens when you don't let gays marry; they start designing clothes out of spite. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The brave man, the real hero, quakes with terror, sweats, feels his very bowels betray him, and in spite of this moves… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
