Admired Quotes

401 Admired quotes by 366 unique authors

I just found it interesting to talk to adults I admired, and to discover that the path they took was never all that clearly defined.… — Anderson Cooper
Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you… — Gautama Buddha
In many ways Nazism was antithetical to what the great mass of Germans said they admired - and certainly to what they paid homage. It… — Unknown Author
A restaurant wine list is praised and given awards for reasons that have little to do with its real purpose, as if it existed only… — Gerald Asher
Let us make it clear that we will never turn our backs on our steadfast friends in Israel, whose adherence to the democratic way must… — John F. Kennedy
Modern Darwinism makes it abundantly clear that many less ruthless traits, some not always admired by robber barons and Fuhrers - altruism, general intelligence, compassion… — Carl Sagan
When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my primary goal. Sure,… — Larry Ellison
The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no… — Victor J. Stenger
I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magick of numbers. — Thomas Browne
To all those whove tried to belong, and just didnt fit inyou are loved. To all those whove tried to stand out and be heardyoure… — Gerard Way
The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to… — C.S. Lewis
Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who… — C.S. Lewis
Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives… — Nikola Tesla
If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet… — Michael Nutter
Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they… — Epictetus
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be practiced. — J C Ryle
What is a child, but a piece of the parent enrapt up in another skin? And yet our dearest children are but as strangers to… — John Flavel
People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own problems… — Alice Miller
My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that… — Richard Russo
Even during the period when Rome lost much of her ancient prestige, an Indian traveler observed that trade all over the world was operated with… — Unknown Author
For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands to… — Victor Davis Hanson
What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired… — Edmund White
Vanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather… — Rollo May
Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired. — Steven Bochco
There was nothing medieval people liked better, or did better, than sorting out and tidying up. Of all our modern inventions I suspect that they… — C.S. Lewis

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