Apt Quotes

410 quotes by 323 authors

We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us. — George Eliot
Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to… — Oscar Wilde
The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. — Washington Irving
Those who are well assured of their own standing are least apt to trepass on that of others. — Washington Irving
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark… — Norman Douglas
But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love.… — George Eliot
A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves… — James Ellis
Dignity, high station, or great riches, are in some sort necessary to old men, in order to keep the younger at a distance, who are… — Jonathan Swift
Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess… — Samuel Johnson
I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and… — Mary Astell
Creativity is not the work of a few. We each carry within us the image of God the Creator; we each have the task of… — Elizabeth O'Connor
People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
The theory of war as an apt and proportionate means of solving international conflicts is now out of date. — Pope Pius XII
The historical religions have the tendency to become ends in themselves, and, as it were, to put themselves in God's place, and, in fact, there… — Martin Buber
There's a very apt saying in show business: "If you don't go over budget in Paris, you're either very rich or very sick. " — Bob Hope
A multitude of words doth rather obscure than illustrate, they being a burden to the memory, and the first apt to be forgotten, before we… — John Ray
In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation. — Anthony Sampson
Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art… — Edward T. Hall
Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen… — Billy Childish

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