Alter Quotes

496 quotes by 422 authors

In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never… — Oscar Wilde
... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
The vanishing, volatile froth of the present which any shadow will alter, any thought blow away, any event annihilate, is every moment converted into the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where… — Tryon Edwards
I also remember the moment my life changed, the moment I finally said, "I've had it!" I know I'm much more than I'm demonstrating mentally,… — Tony Robbins
Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching, they alter the… — John Flavel
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians. — George Lucas
The luck will alter and the star will rise. — John Masefield
All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about… — Ludwig von Mises
We must alter theory to adapt it to nature, but not nature to adapt it to theory.â€Ž — Claude Bernard
I would beg the wise and learned fathers (of the church) to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion… — Galileo Galilei
It troubles me that we are so easily pressured by purveyors of technology into permitting so-called "progress" to alter our lives without attempting to control… — Hyman Rickover
Praying is begging for an unseen deity to alter the laws of nature for someone admittedly unworthy. — George Carlin
The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just reasoner… — David Hume
After eating, an epicure gives a thin smile of satisfaction; a gastronome, burping into his napkin, praises the food in a magazine; a gourmet, repressing… — William Safire
Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working. — Mary Tyler Moore
Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think… — Madonna Ciccone
It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter,… — Charles Spurgeon
The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives. — David O. McKay
Humans create their futures every day of every year; only you can alter your worlds. — Janet Morris

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