We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being… — Margaret of Valois Copy Share Image
We will know our forgiveness is complete when we have a genuine desire for the welfare of the people who have wronged… — Virginia H. Pearce Copy Share Image
A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to… — Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre Copy Share Image
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! — William James Copy Share Image
People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party is now a political mechanism having a genuine political principle: national socialism. — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Amid the holy and celestial, humility's what's 'cool' under pressure. Humility stops being humble when it realizes itself humble, and cool stops… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Lifestyle. Not a word at all, really - rather a wordette. A genuine case of more is less. ... the word life… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Through performance, I found the possibility of establishing a dialogue with the audience through an exchange of energy, which tended to transform… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
All it takes for a contagious manly culture to form is for one genuine man to live out genuine manhood. It creates… — Stephen Mansfield Copy Share Image
I like to read quotes that touch on how I am feeling [on social media]. If I am dealing with confusion, I… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one… — John Robert Seeley Copy Share Image
She still felt shell-shocked by all of it, numb. Beneath the numbness, though, was a raw and terrible anger that was unlike… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
About as genuine as tea made from a bit of paper which once lay in a drawer beside another piece of paper… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a king without a crown, a scream without a sound, a master of disaster, and the sin to all religion... Always… — Jamie Timbre Copy Share Image
Tom Walls and his cohort are wolves in sheep's clothing who will besmirch the memory of some genuine historic figures by the… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
I really appreciate genuine people that are just themselves. I'm very fortunate to know so many that are like this. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have… — Patricia Sun Copy Share Image
The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When there is genuine vision(as opposed to the all-too-familiar vision statement), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Be sincere; talk only about your genuine experience; do not distort, exaggerate or falsify that experience. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
A few primary keys to becoming a leader in business include having a clear intent or purpose, a truly inspiring vision, a… — John Frederick Demartini Copy Share Image
I'm sort of an optimist, a high energy type of enthusiastic guy. Someone that tries to be genuine with the players, I'm… — Frank Vogel Copy Share Image
You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
Our effort was a serious effort, genuine effort, to open the door for peace, unfortunately, the Security Council is not ready to… — Riyad Mansour Copy Share Image
My husband is the most honest, kind, hard-working, and genuine person, and I honestly don't know how I could ever live without… — Trista Sutter Copy Share Image
At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
“Living an authentic life means your thoughts and actions will be consistent, no matter what happens, because they agree with who you… — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
What is false creates taste, and reinforces itself by knowingly eliminating any possible reference to the authentic. And what is genuine is… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
The language is spare and under control and has a genuine immediacy...The poems never preach but are lined out with a cool… — Vern Rutsala Copy Share Image