The attitude of the true scientist towards the real limits of human understanding was unforgettably impressed on me in early youth by… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that it is within your power to insult me? You evidently are not aware to whom you are speaking?… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Steve Carell is such a non-tech person. He actually communicates with people. He actually asks people how they're doing and makes friends… — BJ Novak Copy Share Image
I've been on planes flying through thunder storms when the pilot says, 'ladies and gentlemen, we tried to fly around it but… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I regret to say that during the first act of this, I fell so soundly asleep that the gentleman who brought me… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making… — Samuel J. Tilden Copy Share Image
Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
“I think he was a little like the lizard that changes color with its surroundings. He appeared far more a gentleman in… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not until he acquires European manners does the American anarchist become the gentleman who assures you that people cannot be mademoral by… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I could point out that that's not a dress, that's underwear, but I doubt it would be in my best interest." "Need… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife… The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life… [F]ace to face with… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
You say the gentleman I knew has been replaced. How I wish I could offer better comfort than to say that no… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
We feel bound to be punctual and conscientious with those we are indifferent about; while we can afford at any time, on… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentleman of Florida, this is the real Jeff Ament...take a very good look because there's an imposter running around...if someone… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“I'm a very popular man, plenty of friends, and I can move in any circle and I'm always a perfect gentleman. I'd… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“even if a gentleman should lose his whole substance, he must never give way to annoyance. Money must be so subservient to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Now how about this, ladies and gentlemen? The Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has announced she is stepping down. She will no… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Sunday, January 27, 1884. -- There was another story in the paper a week or so since. A gentleman had a favourite… — Beatrix Potter Copy Share Image
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
Fashion, leader of a chatt'ring train, Whom man for his own hurt permits to reign Who shifts and changes all things but… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Most men would feel shame if caught preparing with their own hands precisely such a dinner, whether of animal or vegetable food,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There was the pedestrian who wedged himself into the crowd, but there was also the flneur who demanded elbow room and was… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
It is contended that those who have been bred at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and Westminster, that the public sentiment within each of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the United Kingdom at various stages, journalism has been the profession of gentlemen amateurs. And some of them even pride themselves… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
You have to see the stories [The New York Times] have written, it's one after another, after another, and facts mean nothing,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George.… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
I'm plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“I take it that “gentleman” is a term that only describes a person in his relation to others; but when we speak… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Mother, he is a gentleman. He is a builder with bricks of moonlight. He knows the secret places of the earth. He… — Tara Mae Mulroy Copy Share Image
To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down,… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image