Broad Quotes

702 quotes by 576 authors

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky. — Henry Ward Beecher
A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Broad, wholesome, charitable views .. can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth. — Mark Twain
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright… — Francis Scott Key
A limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of Fools to few unknown. — John Milton
Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service. — Sathya Sai Baba
See the Divine in everyone. Eschew hatred and ill will. After years of devotion, many still lack a broad outlook and an all-encompassing love. — Sathya Sai Baba
For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in the gestures of… — Kathe Kollwitz
There flows throughout our whole history a stream of humanity, of generosity, of tolerance, so broad, so powerful, and so pure that it would be… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Who ever heard of Casablanca? I don't want to star opposite some unknown Swedish broad. — George Raft
The courts demand that every religious person must accommodate a single atheist who might be 'offended' at the favorable mention of God's name. But no… — Cal Thomas
I describe in 'Chimpanzee Politics' how the alpha male needs broad support to reach the top spot. He needs some close allies and he needs… — Frans de Waal
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and… — Samuel Eliot Morison
It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates. A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway… — Edward Felten
Suicide terrorist groups are [not] religious cults isolated from the rest of their society, ... Rather, suicide terrorist organizations often command broad social support within… — Robert Pape
Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural upgrowth of man… — John Muir
Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion. — Will Rogers
Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity. — Will Rogers
Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also… — Rachel Carson

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