Sentiments Quotes · Page 9

Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious.

— David Hume

When we affirm that philosophy begins with wonder , we are affirming in effect that sentiment is prior to reason .

— Richard M. Weaver

HATRED, n. A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.

— Ambrose Bierce

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

— Rebecca West

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.

— Benjamin F. Wade

English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Blessed are the mothers of the earth. They combine the practical and the spiritual into the workable ways of human life.

— William L Stinger

Grace of manner is inspired by sentiments, which is the source of no slight enjoyment to a cultivated mind…

— Derick

The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all…

— Alexander Pope

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against…

— Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence…

— George Santayana

The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to…

— Edward Abbey

The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which…

— James Monroe

I fashion the expression of my face, as accurately as possible, in accordance with the expression of his, and then wait to…

— Edgar Allan Poe

The Bernie Sanders phenomenon shows that it's not confined to Republicans. There is a general sentiment that America is on the wrong…

— Paul Wolfowitz

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority…

— William Allen White

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love.…

— Deepak Chopra

There are two men in each one of us: the scientist, he who starts with a clear field and desires to rise…

— Louis Pasteur

Even after the whole democratization process, it's quite clear that the United States are not seen in a positive way in all…

— Tariq Ramadan

I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you…

— Frans de Waal

We should take care, in inculcating patriotism into our boys and girls, that is a patriotism above the narrow sentiment which usually…

— Robert Baden-Powell

There is a sort of homely truth and naturalness in some books which is very rare to find, and yet looks cheap…

— Henry David Thoreau

To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Barack Obama likes to point to General Motors as the poster child for the job creation success of his economic policies. However,…

— Bob Beauprez

“It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A mother loves her children even when they least deserve to be loved.

— Kate Samperi

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

— Irving Babbitt

High culture is paranoid about sentiment. But human beings are intensely sentimental.

— Thomas Kinkade

Let a man proclaim a new principle. Public sentiment will surely be on the other side.

— Thomas Reed

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .

— Lucy Stone

Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.

— Mason Cooley

Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.

— Marquis de Sade

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

— William Godwin

I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy? I hits them a rap with my crook,…

— Horace Walpole

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

— George W. Bush

To bend and prostrate oneself to express sentiments of respect, appears to be a natural motion.

— Isaac D'Israeli

Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.

— William Hamilton Maxwell

Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.

— Italo Calvino

Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience.

— Martyn