Almost Quotes

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Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life… — Tom Robbins
Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing. — Antonio Porchia
God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the… — Phyllis McGinley
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do… — Stephen Covey
I believe that every man can multiply his own ability by almost constant wordless realization of his unity with his Source. I have, myself, made… — Walter Russell
It seems mutants have something in their lives called gravy. They know truth, but it is buried under thickening and spices of convenience, materialism, insecurity,… — Marlo Morgan
Let me... remind you that it is only by working with an energy which is almost superhuman and which looks to uninterested spectators like insanity… — Woodrow Wilson
In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this? — Harry Browne
Human beings have the capacity to learn to want almost any conceivable material object. Given, then, the emergence of a modern industrial culture capable of… — Jules Henry
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems. They see a challenge and they run...the secret to success, my friends, is not to try… — T. Harv Eker
A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort… — Charles Tilly
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and… — Thomas Troward
Rich people are almost always excellent promoters. They can are willing to promote their products, their services, and their ideas with passion and enthusiasm. — T. Harv Eker
Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such… — Michael Faraday
Is it not evident, in these last hundred years (when the Study of Philosophy has been the business of all the Virtuosi in Christendome) that… — John Dryden
My picture of the world is drawn in perspective and not like a model to scale. The foreground is occupied by human beings and the… — Frank P. Ramsey

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