Above Quotes
4277 Above quotes by 2732 unique authors
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I know I am making the choice most dangerous to an artist in valuing life above art,
— James Agee
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Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them
— Rita Levi-Montalcini
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There is no place for [the Bantu] in the European community above the level of certain forms of labour ... What is the use of…
— Hendrik Verwoerd
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Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next fish, is not…
— Fred Thompson
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So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when…
— Chris Patten
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Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose…
— Jacque Fresco
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A few modern philosopher's assert that an individual's intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest and react against…
— Alfred Binet
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Place principle above all else.
— Haile Selassie
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So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you…
— Omar Khayyam
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People who have intended and loved what is evil in the world intend and love what is evil in the other life, and then they…
— Emanuel Swedenborg
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Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure…
— Czeslaw Milosz
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Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.
— Friedrich Durrenmatt
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The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely,…
— Pete Hamill
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The most essential elements of success in life are a purpose, increasing industry, temperate habits, scrupulous regard for ones word ... courteous manners, a generous…
— William A. Clark
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Pele wasn't as gifted as George Best and I would definitely put George above Johan Cruyff because he had more heart,
— Johnny Giles
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Wherever the Government does not emanate...from the people, the principle of the Government, the esprit de corps, the point of honour, in all those connected…
— William Hazlitt
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Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member…
— Mark Sanford
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You shall above all things be glad and young...
— E E Cummings
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
— Nancy Johnson
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Suddenly life has new meaning to me, there's beauty up above and things we never take notice of, you wake up suddenly you're in love.
— Billy Ocean
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In the middle of a wrist's suicide slash-line, below the layered skin and above the pulse, there's an acupuncture point that says, “Get back to…
— Monica Drake
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No one -- absolutely no one -- is above the law,
— Leon Jaworski
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For above all, love is a sharing. Love is a power. Love is a change that takes place in our own heart. Sometimes it may…
— James Dillet Freeman
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The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but…
— Albert J. Nock
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Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and…
— Michael Lewis
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