Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big… — James Hillman
Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs. — Gordon B. Hinckley
To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged… — Tom Hodgkinson
One of the most important secret societies of the 20th century is called the Round Table. It is based in Britain with branches across the… — David Icke
I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. — John Maynard Keynes
I don't like to meddle in my private affairs. — Karl Kraus
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running… — Charles Krauthammer
I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history. — Charles Krauthammer
The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer. — Hedy Lamarr
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. — Alphonse de Lamartine
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. — Robert E. Lee
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall… — Abraham Lincoln
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. — Walter Lippmann
I have no interest in managing my financial affairs. — Ken Livingstone
Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy… — James Madison
The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. — Nelson Mandela
The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension… — Marshall McLuhan
It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't… — Golda Meir
As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing,… — John Stuart Mill
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done… — Wilson Mizner
Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak. — Marilyn Monroe
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most… — Christopher Morley
Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our… — Robert Mugabe
Desperate affairs require desperate measures. — Horatio Nelson

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