Breeding Quotes · Page 4

Real good-breeding is independent of the forms and refinements of what has assumed to itself the name of society.

— George MacDonald

“Eugenics research was funded by the Carnegie Foundation, and later by the Rockefeller Foundation. The”

— Michael Crichton

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

— Anonymous

The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.

— Lord Chesterfield

Where would anyone in publicity be if they allowed sensitivity, restraint, breeding or good taste to stand in their way?

— Isabelle Holland

The perfection of conversational intercourse is when the breeding of high life is animated by the fervor of genius.

— Leigh Hunt

These puppy mills are horrific. It's totally for-profit breeding. It's despicable.

— Beth Ostrosky Stern

I felt the need to clarify we were there for the self defense class, in case he also taught about dog breeding…

— Richelle Mead

…decay and disfavor came together as other parts of the coast were developed, and the canals became weed-clogged ditches breeding mosquitoes, and…

— Edward Bunker

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good…

— Joseph Addison

“OCTOBER 1910, the Eugenics Record Office opened for business. Its mission was clear: Determine which Americans were of inferior stock and prevent…

— Paul A. Offit

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a…

— Joseph Addison

Those are serious questions of war and peace, of freedom or tyranny, whether or not there is ever going to be a…

— Zach Wamp

No one but Gene Tierney could have played 'Laura.' There was no other actress around with her particular combination of beauty, breeding,…

— Vincent Price

Organized charity itself is. . . the surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding and is perpetuating constantly increasing numbers…

— Margaret Sanger

There are certainly numberless women of fashion who consider it perfectly natural to go miles down Fifth Avenue, or Madison Avenue, yet…

— Jules Romains

I'm not very nostalgic, you see. I just don't think anybody has that kind of thing anymore. By culture, by breeding, by…

— Manolo Blahnik

The US and UK governments' relentless backing for the global spread of genetically modified seeds was in fact the implementation of a…

— F. William Engdahl

In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question?…

— Margaret Sanger

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is…

— Lord Chesterfield

You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to…

— Ingrid Newkirk

I believe that now and always the conscious selection of the best for reproduction will be impossible; that to propose it is…

— H. G. Wells

One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming." This…

— Naomi Klein

Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by…

— Aristotle

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.

— Cyril Connolly

“Americans bred like rabbits, expecting the reaper to slaughter at least a few before they reached ripeness.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

— Anonymous

“Throughout the United States sermon contests were held on the subject of better breeding.”

— Mark W. Harris

One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals.

— Ingrid Newkirk

He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself

— Plutarch

thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.

— Isaac Watts

Some words live in my throat breeding like adders. Others know sun seeking like gypsies over my tongue to explode through my…

— Audre Lorde

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

— Luther Burbank

The most familiar and intimate habitudes, connections, friendships, require a degree of good-breeding both to preserve and cement them.

— Lord Chesterfield

Inspiration leads to invention. Tenacity is the breeding ground for inspiration. There can be no invention in the absence of tenacity.

— Momofuku Ando

“...paleness is always looked upon as a strong proof of aristocratic descent and distinguished breeding.”

— Alexandre Dumas

Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.

— Caroline Knapp

Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.

— Lillian Hellman

Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton