Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

His face held a certain impassivity; you see it in all waiters and valets. They might want to jam a knife through your left eye… — Ann Aguirre
Most people had an acquired kind of beauty, they became better looking the longer you knew them and the better you loved them, but Cole… — Maggie Stiefvater
If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude. — Geraldine Brooks
Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay… — Gao Xingjian
A testimony is a most precious possession because it is not acquired by logic or reason alone, it cannot be purchased with earthly possessions, and… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Ah, my daughter,Êº he said. ÊºEighteen, and already youÊ¹ve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will… — Richelle Mead
He soon acquired the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Master said, â€œWealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not… — Confucius
happened as I listened: I felt pain. Not in my head, not in my arm, not in my leg; everywhere at once. I told myself… — Jennifer Egan
The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing… — Ford Madox Ford
I wonâ€™t apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience.â€ â€œFrom all indications, youâ€™ve acquired enough for ten men. — Lisa Kleypas
Science is often misrepresented as "the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in the laboratory." Actually, science is something broader: the acquisition… — Jared Diamond
I am not going to say you are right because I could not take it if you smirked." "I do not smirk," Vikirnoff claimed. "Yes,… — Christine Feehan
As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has… — Alberto Manguel
Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is… — Patricia Polacco
...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. — Patrick SÃ¼skind
Several times I asked myself, "Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it… — Leo Tolstoy
Demon Pox, oh, Demon Pox Just how is it acquired? One must first go to the bad part of town Until one is very tired… — Cassandra Clare
Not to find one's way around a city does not mean much. But to lose one's way in a city, as one loses one's way… — Walter Benjamin

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