Called Quotes
8011 Called quotes by 4669 unique authors
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We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known…
— Daniel Tammet
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When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.
— Jamie Carragher
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I am troubled by the devaluing of the word 'design’. I find myself now being somewhat embarrassed to be called a designer. In fact I…
— Dieter Rams
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One day, you don't feel like doing anything. Nothing interests you, everything bores you. Feel more and more empty inside, more and more dissatisfied with…
— Michael Ende
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Contrary to what I once thought, scientific progress did not consist simply in observing, in accurately formulating experimental facts and drawing up a theory from…
— Francois Jacob
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There used to be this guy called Vinny who worked on the floor of the stock exchange, said one big investor who had observed the…
— Michael Lewis
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In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist…
— Ludovico Einaudi
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I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different…
— Leo Baekeland
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I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same…
— Boris Yeltsin
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For a painter, the Mecca of the world, for study, for inspiration and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at…
— Alan Jay Lerner
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We got rich by violating one of the central tenets of economics: thou shall not sell off your capital and call it income. And yet…
— Kalle Lasn
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Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success?
— David Maister
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The so-called scientific basis of the climate problem is within my professional competence as a meteorologist. It is my professional opinion that there is no…
— Hendrik Tennekes
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They [Bishops] shall also banish from churches all those kinds of music, in which, whether by the organ, or in the singing, there is mixed…
— Pope Pius IV
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My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said…
— Unknown Author
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Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate…
— Charles Buck
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Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey…
— Laura Miller
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The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use…
— Hans Kmoch
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We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered…
— James Webb Young
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Particular bits of knowledge are nothing, because they are made up of what Dr. Robert Hutchins once called rapidly aging facts. Principles and method are…
— James Webb Young
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Somebody called me a 'bruised romantic' once, and I like that.
— Susannah McCorkle
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I read in a book that a man called Christ went about doing good. It is very disconcerting to me that I am so easily…
— Toyohiko Kagawa
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It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.
— Jay McShann
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We call people who work with mud and earth, and sand and stone, unskilled labor in India. I cannot in this lifetime wield the implements…
— Aruna Roy
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You are destined to reign in life. You are called by the Lord to be a success, to enjoy wealth, to enjoy health, and to…
— Joseph Prince
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