Bred Quotes

215 Bred quotes by 181 unique authors

Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is! — Catullus
Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on 'blood' called for… — Unknown Author
Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality. — Herman Wouk
My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all,… — Margaret Cavendish
The worth of a child born and bred in Nigeria cannot be compared to that in the United States. — Yakubu Gowon
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath… — James F. Cooper
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of… — Washington Irving
It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support. — Michael Parenti
I was, in reality, bred by my parents as my father's concubine... What we take for granted as the stability of family life may well… — Sylvia Fraser
By the time you rise through the ranks, the culture of homogenization has bred the spirit and imagination out of you. — Ralph Nader
The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons of men, and… — John Owen
A heat full of coldness, a sweet full of bitterness, a pain full of pleasantness, which maketh thoughts have eyes and hearts ears, bred by… — John Lyly
Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. — William Davenant
It's the idea that we just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't change. I think that's the sad part, the sad… — Stephen Harper
I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter — Johann Georg Hamann
People are very surprised to hear me say that a lot of my values are Christian values. I think that's part of my shock. I… — Marilyn Manson
The world is a different place in this new century, [...]. And we are a different people. My visions still come but no one listens… — Joseph Boyden
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for… — Sophocles
I grew up training and showing Arabs all over the US. Three of my four were bred on my farm in Texas. Thanks everyone! Hope… — Catherine Crier
When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside… — Laozi
In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter. — Lord Chesterfield
Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then… — Ian Curtis
History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of… — William H. Hastie
All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing. — Plato
Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter,… — Lord Chesterfield

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