Besides Quotes

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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. — Wallace Stegner
Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional politics and feckless budgeting. — James Surowiecki
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. — Lily Tomlin
Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. — Steve Vai
When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal… — Betty White
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination… — Lin Yutang
If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter.… — Emil Zatopek
But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our… — Robert Ardrey
What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive… — Martin Amis
Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my… — William Shakespeare
Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with… — Michel de Montaigne
Then it's goodbye, Sangsara for me Besides, girls aren't as good as they look And Samadhi is better than you think When it starts in… — Jack Kerouac
Mischief nodded. 'It's true,' he conceded. 'You're in the company of eight world-class thieves,' he said, not without a little touch of pride. 'Saints we… — Clive Barker
Besides, it happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. Most women know this feeling… — Chuck Palahniuk
Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead. — Christopher Marlowe
...Albert-next-door doesn't care for reading, and he has not read nearly so many books as we have, so he is very foolish and ignorant, but… — E. Nesbit
Besides, you think I'm not used to hurting? For me, it's home sweet home, my brother. — J R Ward
So he was deserted. The whole world was clamouring: Kill yourself, kill yourself, for our sakes. But why should he kill himself for their sakes?… — Virginia Woolf
Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides… — Jonathan Carroll

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