Adversaries Quotes
245 quotes by 199 authors
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...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put…
— Mark Twain
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Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies.
— Gelett Burgess
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One of the problems with the kill-or-capture metric is that it has often been to the exclusion of having a deeper, richer understanding of the…
— Bruce Hoffman
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Bear in mind three essential qualities in all games of intellect:– Never to show selfishness or to wound the feelings of your adversary. To be…
— Unknown Author
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The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of…
— John Bunyan
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I think it was Alfred Hitchcock who said 90 percent of successful moviemaking is in the casting. The same is true in life. Who you…
— Rob Lowe
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Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.
— Gloria Steinem
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That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
— Piers Anthony
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You have to look good when you are riding, you have to impress your adversary with your elegance. To look good is already to go…
— Paul Fournel
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It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All…
— John Stuart Mill
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He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which…
— John Milton
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Obama is hardly the first president to seek rapprochement with our adversaries and reconciliation with our enemies, of course. But his determination to make nice…
— Stephen F. Hayes
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On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.
— Frederick Soddy
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Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical…
— Giorgio Agamben
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One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what…
— Boyd K. Packer
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Very simply, the Spirit of Elijah is the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of Elijah will influence anyone who is involved in this work. That, for…
— David A. Bednar
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You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well…
— Ban Ki-moon
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For my own part, I believe that in dealing with skeptics, and unbelievers, and enemies of the Bible, Christians are too apt to stand only…
— J C Ryle
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We are not alarmed because Satan hinders us, for it is a proof that we are on the Lord’s side, and are doing the Lord’s…
— Charles Spurgeon
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I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais…
— Adolf Anderssen
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