A scholar is a man with his inconvenience, that, when you ask him his opinion of any matter, he must go home… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I was paralyzed with fear. It was unbearable to be among other kids who were just standing around being fine. It was… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter was that I made myself disappear. I never liked being a Judge, so I just decided to… — Joseph Force Crater Copy Share Image
You're all going to die. I hate to remind you, but it is on your schedule. It probably won't happen when you'd… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Work - other people's work - is an intolerable idea to a cat. Can you picture cats herding sheep or agreeing to… — Louis J. Camuti Copy Share Image
For the honest people, relations increase with the years. For the vicious, inconveniences increase. Inconstancy is the defect of vice; the influence… — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I don't know how you perceive my mission as a writer, but for me it is not a responsibility to reaffirm your… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
If one fourth of the capital of a country were suddenly destroyed, or entirely transferred to a different part of the world,… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Life consists not of a series of illustrious actions or elegant enjoyments. The greater part of our time passes in compliance with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
You have only to play at Little Wars three or four times to realize just what a blundering thing Great War must… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug;… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Without running, I would have missed the joy of rain. What could be considered an inconvenience or a bummer to the inexperienced… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
The rage for road building is beneficent for America, where vast distance is so main a consideration in our domestic politics andtrade,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] tried to switch from looks to stamina. But this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat or your house is on fire, you've got a problem. Everything… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The inconvenience and the suffering of any children or any family members pales in comparison to the suffering and oppression that goes… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
I mean, in all fairness, in the grand scheme of things, if the greatest inconvenience of my life is that sometimes people… — Killian Scott Copy Share Image
Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“I have known some people of very modern views driven by their distress to the use of theological terms to which they… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries,… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago, many economists argued that inflation was a kind of minor inconvenience and that the cost of reducing inflation was… — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The threat of punishment at home or school only served as a challenge to figure out how to circumvent the consequences when… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Wine has been to me a firm friend and wise counselor. Often...wine has shown me matters in their true perspective, and has,… — Duff Cooper Copy Share Image
Keep everything in perspective if you wish to be happy. For example... Losing an arm is more an inconvenience than a catastrophe.… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it; it’s against… — Diana Vreeland Copy Share Image
The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything… — Ivor Novello Copy Share Image
[The U.S. government] was tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were… — Aaron Huey Copy Share Image
Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. - To realize that it's just an inconvenience, that it is not a… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image