Advanced Quotes
555 quotes by 456 authors
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Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom…
— Pope John Paul II
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Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were…
— Thomas Hardy
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Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can…
— Ludwig von Mises
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He didn't call his father and mother 'Father' and 'Mother' but Harold and Alberta. They were very up to date and advanced people. They were…
— C.S. Lewis
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The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance; some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.
— Gregory Maguire
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No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every…
— George Washington
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Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
— Thomas Nagel
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Many phenomena - wars, plagues, sudden audits - have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of Man, but…
— Neil Gaiman
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[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two were busy explaining…
— Douglas Adams
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The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.
— Wilkie Collins
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Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and the most intelligent…
— Terry Pratchett
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They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly…
— Jane Austen
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The Tezuman priests have a sophisticated calendar and an advanced horology," quoted Rincewind. "Ah," said Eric, "Good." "No," said Rincewind patiently. "It means time measurement."…
— Terry Pratchett
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Does Nature supplement what man advanced? Or does she complete what he began?
— Virginia Woolf
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God is dead,' Nick said. 'They found his carcass in 2019. Floating in space near Alpha.' 'They found the remains of an organism advanced several…
— Philip K. Dick
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Like last year I took Advance Foods class (which is like cooking for nerds) after lunch, and so I usually took a nap. Which was…
— Christopher Moore
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It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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As they advanced (towards the fountain) one after another of Bastian's Fastastican gifts fell away from him. The strong, handsome, fearless hero became the small,…
— Michael Ende
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to…
— Henrik Ibsen
Who Wrote These Advanced Quotes
456 authors contributed a total of 555 Advanced Quotes, led by these top contributors: