So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think. — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
“But still she stood, ready to get back at it. Badass and admirable.” — Cristin Harber Copy Share Image
A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
God may rationally be supposed to have framed so great and admirable an automaton as the world for special ends and purposes. — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples. — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
Her fluency was marvelous. She would say things at random, intricate, flamelike, or slide off into a parenthetical limbo peppered with fireworks--… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Attending to your own words and ideas as well as those of others is an admirable trait in any person, but a… — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert Copy Share Image
Woman was formed to admire; man to be admirable. His are the glories of the sun at noonday; hers the softened splendors… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I think that both Mill and Sidgwick are great and admirable philosophers, from whom we still have a lot to learn. I… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
I'm a maniacal perfectionist. And if I weren't, I wouldn't have this company… I have proven that being a perfectionist can be… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
“Finally brothers and sisters; whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Every brand of religion maintains, and is, a permanent mechanism for transmitting ideas and values - whether one regards those values as… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Hero-worship is the deepest root of all; the tap-root, from which in a great degree all the rest were nourished and grown… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Mexico is sex and Canada is mind. There is much about Canada that I find admirable - the treatment of immigrants, for… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I want to be both pathetic and admirable, I want to be at the same time a child and an adult. Thereby… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I come, O Lord, unto Thy sanctuary to see the life and food of my soul. As I hope in Thee, O… — Clare of Assisi Copy Share Image
Of all the human qualities, the one I admire the most is competence. A tailor who is really able to cut and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We have had more brilliant Presidents than Cleveland, and one or two who were considerably more profound, but we have never had… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
“On Perseverance – Persistence is admirable. Stubbornness is stupid. Just remember: the latter two even begin with the same three letters.” — Marsha Hinds Copy Share Image
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind. I don't like that style whereby you kind of stitch people up.… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
You have to really want to be a Navy SEAL. The passion you need to endure the rigors of training, to become… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
At the heart of every successful romance novel lies the evolution of its characters. Through love, heroes and heroines grow not only… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I live in a country where music has very little success, though, exclusive of those who have forsaken us, we have still… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—think about” — Sondra Kraak Copy Share Image
There's very little admirable about being a pirate. There's very little functional about a pirate. There's very little real about a pirate. — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Life is an admirable arrangement, isn't it, little mother. It is so clever of it to have June in every year and… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Our greatest troubles spring from something that is as admirable as it is dangerous ... our impatience to better the lot of… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
