Alter Quotes

496 quotes by 417 authors

...If at moments the facts seem to alter with an altered voice, why then you can choose the fact you like best; yet none of… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Facts, at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture.… — George Orwell
Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me. — William Shakespeare
I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to… — Charles de Lint
Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly… — Epicurus
If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up. — Peter David
Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can… — W. P. Kinsella
True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...It is a sin… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A revolution is coming â€“ a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are… — John F. Kennedy
You wake up one morning, those years are gone. There's a comfort in this fact perhaps. I want to think that there must be comfort… — Joyce Carol Oates
Youâ€™ll get over itâ€¦â€ Itâ€™s the clichÃ©s that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You donâ€™t… — Jeanette Winterson
What he would say, he cannot say to this woman whose openness is like a wound, whose youth is not mortal yet. He cannot alter… — Michael Ondaatje
A great deal; you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always… — Charlotte Bronte
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to… — Thomas Jefferson
When we three spoke ourselves into human existences the Son of God, we became fully human. We also chose to embrace all the limitation that… — William P. Young
I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage: but doth not… — William Shakespeare
Hey, you created me! I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility! — Chuck Palahniuk
I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers. — Henry David Thoreau
Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it. — Ayn Rand
It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself… — James W. Loewen

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