Optimism has always seemed to me the cunning alibi of egoists, anxious to cover up their state of chronic self-satisfaction. They are… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Success achieved by the most contemptible means cannot but destroy the soul. ... It helps to cover up the inner corruption and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
With watercolour, you can't cover up the marks. There's the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
But when a man suspects any wrong it sometimes happens that if he be already involved in the matter he insensibly strives… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up.… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
This is deeply disturbing. Congress provided loans to help businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks, not to be used as an… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If you force me to pick one color, it'd be Black... It covers up the things inside of me that I don't… — Gosho Aoyama Copy Share Image
You've got all these parents who are projecting their pathologies of fear onto their kids and those kids are understandably messed up.… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
I've been writing a book called The Economics of Innocent Fraud. I published part of it already in The Progressive ("Free Market… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We have never denied that it is possible, indeed probable, that other forms of life, even intelligent life, exist in the universe.… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
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It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The UFO was bouncing around the 747. It was a huge ball with lights running around it... Well, I've been involved in… — John Callaghan Copy Share Image
After 'Freaks and Geeks,' I dealt with several producers who wanted to cover up all my beauty marks, every single mole on… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: they are trying… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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I was with Roy Thomas on a panel and he turned to me and said, "You know, your name is on the… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
The Little Man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it. He covers up his smallness… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
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When I turned 30, I just started getting pimples out of nowhere. I do sometimes break out on my chin. So I… — Amber Rose Copy Share Image
I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
If you cannot be at ease with yourself when alone, you will seek a relationship to cover up your unease. You can… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Paris Hilton has launched a new champagne in a can called Rich Prosecco. For the ad campaign Paris posed wearing nothing but… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
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I have excellent information and proof relating to conduct of the FBI, .. I can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this… — Zacarias Moussaoui Copy Share Image
The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
There's this old line the wise folks in Washington have that "it's not the crime, but the cover-up." But only fools believe… — Josh Marshall Copy Share Image
The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and… — Benjamin Mkapa Copy Share Image
Presidential power was overruled by the high bench in July 1974, when President Nixon was ordered to turn over some audio tapes… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
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It is a very trying task for deceitful people, always to have to cover up their lack of sincerity and to repair… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
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Philosophical progress changes what we take to be "intuitively" obvious, and this change covers up the tracks of the laborious arguments that… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you… — Mika Brzezinski Copy Share Image
One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image