Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin
RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day. — Ambrose Bierce
Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of kindness… — Albert Einstein
Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted. — Wilson Mizner
If I had as many love affairs as I've been given credit for, I'd be in a jar at the Harvard Medical School. — Frank Sinatra
You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. — Norbert of Xanten
There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. — William H. Hastie
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and… — Ambrose Bierce
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was a pillar of… — Tom Peters
Wealth is the sinews of affairs. — Wilfred Bion
A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in… — Hamid Karzai
There is a wheel on the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man from being always fortunate. — Croesus
How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life. We consider… — Watchman Nee
Somehow it must be made plain that the lawyer's moral judgment is not for hire, that there are occasions when the lawyer . . .… — Harry Jones
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority… — Noam Chomsky
I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a… — Talib Kweli
If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs. — Peter Medawar
Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision. — Peter Senge
A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities. — Kofi Annan

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