Left Quotes · Page 114

There's a famous quotation from the time the Buddha learned of the deaths of two of his greatest disciples: "It's as if…

— Sharon Salzberg

Law..is too important to be left to the lawyers.

— Lawrence M. Friedman

I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

All's well that ends well; which is the epitaph I should put on my tombstone if I were the last man left…

— Bertrand Russell

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

— Anonymous

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

— Alfred Hitchcock

Some folks ask me what the transition was like from NASCAR reporter to political reporter. It's easy. In one, you try to…

— Mary Katharine Ham

“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a…

— Thomas More

Anywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.

— Desmond Tutu

I went to a meeting for premature ejactulators. I left early.

— Jack Benny

I left the army in like July of 2010 and I didn't start MMA until 2013.

— Megan Anderson

“Some survivors of COVID-19 are being left with lifelong health issues.”

— Steven Magee

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in…

— Jim Carrey

Ever since I left Northern Ireland, I've always been pretty comfortable on my own, which contradicts a lot of people's perceptions of…

— James Nesbitt

The famous balance of nature is the most extraordinary of all cybernetic systems. Left to itself, it is always self-regulated.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in…

— Jimmy Carter

I work more now perhaps because I know that there is so little time left.

— Fernando Botero

I've got like a week and a half left, all bets are off.

— Rob Corddry

I wish I could swap closets with Diana Vreeland, but I think only my left thigh would fit into her clothing.

— Catherine Martin

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

— Anonymous

Anyone who has raised more than one child knows full well that kids turn out the way they turn out - astonishingly,…

— Barbara Holland

Casemiro has to cover the gaps left by the midfielders.

— Casemiro

O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.

— Helen Hunt Jackson

We marry to grow up, to escape our parents and to inherit our share of the world, not knowing who we are…

— Merle Shain

And Twin Peaks, the Film is the craziest film in the history of cinema. I have no idea what happened, I have…

— Jacques Rivette

With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that…

— Stephen Coonts

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

— Dennis Prager

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to…

— Blaise Pascal

Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.

— John Podhoretz

Chancellor [Angela] Merkel is perhaps the only leader left among our closest allies that was there when I arrived. So in some…

— Barack Obama

It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.

— Alex Gibney

There's nothing worse than sleeping in makeup. You wake up looking like a painting that's been left out in a rainstorm.

— Nina Dobrev

Not even let your left hand know when your right hand is donating

— Sivaji Ganesan

I can play in a number of positions, on the left, as a No 10, or off the right.

— Danny Ings

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used…

— Billy Bragg

When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality…

— Michelle Ryan

I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. I think it…

— George R. R. Martin

A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive. We…

— W. Edwards Deming

Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.

— Quentin Tarantino