Affair Quotes

1281 Affair quotes by 921 unique authors

A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in happiness. If we… — Thomas Jefferson
Hostility towards China distorted Australia's international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a quarter century of… — Gough Whitlam
When women have a voice in national and international affairs, wars will cease forever. — Unknown Author
I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I… — Nelson Mandela
Marriage is not a love affair. A love affair has to do with immediate personal satisfaction. Marriage is an ordeal; it means yielding, time and… — Joseph Campbell
A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs. — John D. Voelker
I try to work every day because you have no refuge but writing. When you're going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair,… — Tennessee Williams
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the… — David Hume
A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced,… — Thomas Paine
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged… — Benjamin Franklin
Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair. A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes like so much salt. Deer… — Annie Dillard
It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts… — Mahatma Gandhi
This dilettantish inability to comprehend the essential issues of the conduct of production affairs is not only manifested in the writings of Marx and Engels.… — Ludwig von Mises
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to our progress. Our life… — Henry David Thoreau
If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as… — Dick Thornburgh
I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs… — Benjamin Franklin
Quarrels in France strengthen a love affair, in America they end it. — Ned Rorem
A man that advances in spiritual and in temporal matters at the same time, minding to keep the spiritual first, will not let the temporal… — Unknown Author
We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all… — Pope Benedict XVI
Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral. — Rosalind Russell
No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does — George Bernard Shaw
We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually dishonest. The profession… — Conrad Black
Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies… — Alexander Hamilton
The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and… — James Madison
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both… — James Madison

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