Apt Quotes

410 quotes by 323 authors

It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in conformity with the… — Vincent de Paul
Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter… — Louisa May Alcott
We do not get ice-cream every where, and so, when we do, we are apt to dissipate to excess. — Mark Twain
Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of… — John Wooden
If you place the imperfect next to the perfect, people will see the difference between the one and the other. But if you offer the… — Alfred Stieglitz
I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards -- When I find him to be envious, carping,… — Anthony Trollope
Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument. — Harriet Martineau
I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me. — Phillip Lopate
The real things are apt to be deviant. — Osamu Dazai
If you gave kids peas that didnâ€™t look like peas and said they were a space shuttle, theyâ€™re much more apt to eat them because… — Hod Lipson
One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings. — Robert Breault
My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel Pepys, and Franklin… — Elwyn Brooks White
In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem van Loon
My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will be surprised when I assure them, that next to the… — James Boswell
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There scarcely ever was a civilization of their complexion, nor even… — David Hume
Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different… — Charles Simmons
The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself. — Henry Adams
Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations. — Niccolo Machiavelli

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