Abominable Quotes

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Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes? — Albert Einstein
There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable. — Edmond de Goncourt
There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one… — Maj Sjowall
Not only do these abominable weapons lie buried in silence and in their millions waiting to kill or maim innocent women and children; but the… — Kofi Annan
Is it not a thing most abominable, that God who feeds so many mouths, should be held in such low esteem by me, that I… — Martin Luther
Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco", which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed… — Emperor Norton
Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end, and one means is surely as… — Remy de Gourmont
Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise,… — Blaise Pascal
If sentiment doesn't ultimately make fibbers of some people, their natural abominable memories almost certainly will. — J D Salinger
Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up… — David Limbaugh
Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his… — Jose Marti
Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks… — Voltaire
Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he… — Samuel Beckett
Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable. — Michel Foucault
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet… — Radclyffe Hall
It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be… — George Bernard Shaw
...sometimes God chooses to bless us and make us people of integrity in the midst of abominable circumstances, rather than change our circumstances. — D. A. Carson
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried… — Francine Rivers
Oh, yes, she's unusual!' he said bitterly. 'She blurts our whatever may come into her head;she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another;she's happier gromming… — Georgette Heyer

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