Attributed Quotes
127 quotes by 123 authors
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The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a man whose wrong-headedness…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Generally there is Stigler's law of Eponymy that says that a scientific notion is never attributed to the right person; in particular, the law is…
— Dennis Lindley
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This fear of criticism displayed by the advocates of freedom of criticism cannot be attributed solely to craftiness. No, the majority of the Economists look…
— Vladimir Lenin
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The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery. For some years before the…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
— Marie Curie
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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Basically, my problem was attributed to stress more than anything. I don't know what that does and I guess doctors can tell you that there's…
— Mike Ditka
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It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed.…
— Jeffrey Kluger
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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
— Marilyn Monroe
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Young feminists have been sold a bill of goods about American feminism. The enormous changes in women over the past 40 years are constantly and…
— Camille Paglia
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When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.
— Michael Sheen
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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
— Thomas Szasz
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I want some fact-based evidence about where we came from. Things we consider mysterious need not be attributed to a deity.
— Greg Graffin
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You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
— Robert A. Heinlein
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You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
— Dr. Seuss
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I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.
— Janet Evanovich
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The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears…
— Pope John XXIII
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their…
— Maya Angelou
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I don't want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I throw you out of the window, I want…
— Ilona Andrews
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It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy.…
— Ellen G. White
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