Affair Quotes

1281 Affair quotes by 921 unique authors

I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted… — Pete Seeger
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life… — William Shakespeare
The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. — George Bernard Shaw
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. — George Bernard Shaw
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses… — John Sununu
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in… — Margaret Thatcher
I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have… — Lewis Thomas
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. — J.R.R. Tolkien
An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause. — John Updike
When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope… — Judith Viorst
As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody.… — Lech Walesa
I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a cardboard box - Everybody thought it was a lark! This was the… — Emma Watson
Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real… — Rebecca West
We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children… — Marianne Williamson
If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is… — Fareed Zakaria
I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love… — Viswanathan Anand
You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs.… — Viswanathan Anand
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness… — Felix Dennis
Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work… — Hanna Rosin
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. — David Mitchell
Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We… — Linus Pauling
When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they? — Virginia Woolf
Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy — to be a man who is brisk about his food and… — Soren Kierkegaard
The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes… — Lorrie Moore

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