Affords Quotes

141 quotes by 120 authors

While I am watching the birds I believe I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild… — Anna Kavan
HÃ©ctor Tobar's accomplished first novel affords a perspective that is overdue and urgently needed in North American literature- -an insider's vision of L.A. as a… — Stuart Dybek
Heaven is large, and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Natural selection does not give any preference at all to anything that, in the long run, could be advantageous for the species but blindly rewards… — Konrad Lorenz
Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and the theatre are… — Miguel de Unamuno
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that… — Phylicia Rashad
Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is… — Samuel Johnson
Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed… — John Burroughs
There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found… — Francis Bacon
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public humiliation. A man… — Pericles
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life. — Todd Akin
The freedom I have as a U.S. citizen is unparalleled. Despite the fact people may not like American passports, having that passport affords me more… — Chris Cornell
A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment. — Seneca the Younger
Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space… — Wayne Hale
The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living. — Walter J. Phillips
My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky. — Kelly Ripa
Oregon is an inspiration. Whether you come to it, or are born to it, you become entranced by our state's beauty, the opportunity she affords,… — Tom McCall
I violate no secret when I say that one of the greatest values in Masonry is that it affords an opportunity for men of all… — Theodore Roosevelt
As the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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