Affair Quotes

1281 Affair quotes by 921 unique authors

Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward vagaries… — Learned Hand
Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill. — Marcus Aurelius
My love affair with nature is so deep that I am not satisfied with being a mere onlooker, or nature tourist. I crave a more… — Euell Gibbons
If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair... or go into business. You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your… — Annie Dillard
I had a fiery affair with George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd. — Ronnie Wood
Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand -… — David K. Shipler
If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county. — Wen Jiabao
Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed. — Aulus Persius Flaccus
The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry. There… — Andrzej Wajda
I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done. — Tony Scott
I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In America every woman has her set of girl-friends; some are cousins, the rest are gained at school. These form a permanent committee who sit… — Cyril Connolly
[Persons] who are recognized as citizens in any one state of the Union [have] the right to enter every other state, whenever they pleased... full… — Jack Kevorkian
I think we are all disgusted by the way George W. Bush's administration has allowed honesty and candor to seep into the genteel world of… — David Brooks
Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire… — Alice Hegan Rice
You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession… — Benjamin Disraeli
The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes… — Carl Jung
He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel. — Henry Ward Beecher
Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful. — Mignon McLaughlin
At the beginning of a love affair, not even the neurotic is neurotic. — Mignon McLaughlin
Whosoever assumes a religious garb pleases not God even a bit. O ye men, understand this clearly in your minds, that God is attained not… — Guru Gobind Singh
But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, for all the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces, it still retains its traditional place as… — John M. McHugh
In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the… — Walter Lippmann
The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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