Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors:… — William Makepeace Thackeray
If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In… — Emanuel Swedenborg
No affairs for me. It is so wonderful to have a family to come home to, to sit with them, pull each other's legs... To… — Boman Irani
Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for… — Amos Bronson Alcott
It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or… — James A. Garfield
I still feel needles in my back when I think about all the horrible disasters that would have befallen me if I had permanently moved… — Hunter S. Thompson
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a… — Charles Lindbergh
Ambassador Mulford has made wide-ranging intervention in the internal affairs of India. To say the least, it is very unfortunate. It confirms our earlier apprehension… — Bill Vaughan
Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state. — John Selden
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be… — Benjamin Franklin
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. — Mahatma Gandhi
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs. — Confucius
Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs. — Mason Cooley
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. — Mason Cooley
I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill,… — Kevin Costner
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. — Benjamin Disraeli
Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even… — Umberto Eco
Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. — Desiderius Erasmus
An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to… — Tina Fey
There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. — W.C. Fields
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out… — Henry Ford
The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something… — E. M. Forster
America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a… — Mohsin Hamid
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands… — William Hazlitt

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