Affairs Quotes

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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs,… — Hannah Arendt
The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military… — Charles Babbage
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. — Irving Babbitt
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. — Honore de Balzac
I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links… — Roger Bannister
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you… — Saint Basil
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels… — Arnold Bennett
I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. — Ambrose Bierce
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge… — Aeschylus
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. — Aesop
I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life… — Erma Bombeck
If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable. — Andre Breton
I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national… — Madeleine Albright
When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But… — Joseph Campbell
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. — Thomas Carlyle
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. — Andrew Carnegie
Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs. — Emily Carr

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