Admirable Quotes

231 quotes by 207 authors

Women have been brought up to be passive, accepting, not come forward and play a major role in life. And with age, there's a tendency… — Katherine Helmond
The human race is not very admirable. It was a big mistake of Godâ€™s, — Taylor Caldwell
When you get down to the bottom of it, only about half of what we remember really happened. We tend to modify things to make… — David Eddings
The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples. — Willard Van Orman Quine
It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition. — Alphonse de Lamartine
Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to satisfy… — John Kenneth Galbraith
O admirable necessity! O powerful action! What mind can penetrate your nature? What language can express this marvel? None, to be sure. This is where… — Leonardo da Vinci
The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter
Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable.… — Primo Levi
To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the landscape painter in… — J M W Turner
The most admirable method is that by which each wash of colour, large or small, is never disturbed. It admits of practically no overpainting, sponging… — Walter J. Phillips
One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to… — Ignatius Loyola
The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a series… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I think we are warranted in contending that a society thus constituted, and which may be rendered so admirable an engine of improvement, far from… — Theodore Roosevelt
But I was thinking about this, the Obamas want to adopt a stray dog from the pound. And I think that is admirable. I believe… — David Letterman
Effort is admirable. Achievement is valuable. — Morton Blackwell
Science was tearing through the 'fine-spun ecclesiastical cobwebs' to behold a new cosmos, in which our Earth is merely an 'eccentric speck' - a world… — Adrian Desmond
Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations… — Criss Jami
L'univers?je l'en estime plus depuis que je sais qu'il ressemble a'Â Â une montre; il est surprenant que l'ordre de la nature, tout admirable qu'il est,… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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