Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.' — Benjamin Graham
By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto. — Tony Snow
Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God. — W. Phillip Keller
I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is… — Frank B. Kellogg
An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business… — Pericles
I think every doctor should know the shocking state of affairs...We discovered they (the FDA) failed to effectively regulate the large manufacturers and powerful interests… — Edward V. Long
...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us extraordinary leverage in… — Michael Klare
The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as… — Thomas Jefferson
Thou shalt not answer questionnaires Or quizzes upon world affairs, Nor with compliance Take any test. Thou shalt not sit with statisticians nor commit A… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The surest way to make ourselves crazy is to get involved in other people's business, and the quickest way to become sane and happy is… — Melody Beattie
Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs. — Aristotle
The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I've seen very few players in my life who didn't want… — Carl Hubbell
Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution as the most… — William E. Gladstone
[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political society.… — Ed Crane
I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange - a very strange one. It is one of those affairs that cannot be… — Robert Louis Stevenson
This is the perpetual and pitiful tragedy of the practical man in practical affairs. He always begins with a flourish of contempt for what he… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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