Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am simply not interested in the pots and pans affair, and neither can I bring myself to be interested in the same. I have… — Kajol
My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go… — Benjamin Franklin
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to… — Samuel Johnson
Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself. — Samuel Johnson
We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any… — Richard Le Gallienne
I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers. — Alexander Pope
Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels. — Walter Savage Landor
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils. — Sophocles
I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise… — Grover Cleveland
As a medical doctor who chose a career in artificial heart technology rather than clinical practice, I decided not to take an internship, which is… — Robert Jarvik
To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human… — George Steiner
The mind that has not been developed or trained is very scattered. That's the normal state of affairs, but it leaves us out of touch… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as… — Kabir
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and… — Kabir
A person should be free to do as he likes in his own concerns; but he ought not to be free to do as he… — John Stuart Mill
There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is… — John Stuart Mill
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed. — Francesco Guicciardini
The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future;… — Francesco Guicciardini
Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to… — Phyllis McGinley
The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art. — Paul Klee
We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men. — William H. Macy
World War II was fought for the abolition of racial exclusiveness, equality of nations and the integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and… — Joseph Stalin
Three hundred men, who all know each other direct the economic destinies of the Continent and they look for successors among their friends and relations.… — Walther Rathenau
There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations… — Li Peng

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