Chief Quotes

993 quotes by 730 authors

It is true that so far as wealth gives time for ideal ends and exercise to ideal energies, wealth is better than poverty and ought… — William James
And long shall timorous fancy see The painted chief, and pointed spear, And Reason's self shall bow the knee To shadows and delusions here. — Philip Freneau
The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries. — Thomas Jefferson
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are. — Oliver Goldsmith
O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear… — John Milton
The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress. — Bertrand Russell
Surely the mischief of hypocrisy can never be enough inveighed against. When religion is in request, it is the chief malady of the church, and… — Joseph Hall
It is not so much that man is a herd animal, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief. — Sigmund Freud
Politically or ideologically oriented evaluations of Chief Justice Rehnquist should not overlook what a successful and popular chief justice he was within the Court as… — David Garrow
Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state. — Sathya Sai Baba
The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain… — Ignatius Loyola
I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The general impression of… — Steve Odland
A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the… — Anna Howard Shaw
When chaos is the god of an era, clamorous music is the deity's chief instrument. — Ben Okri
Some drawings are better than others... Some are utterly spoiled... I keep them all. I find a use sometimes even for the worst drawing... But… — Walter J. Phillips
It is beyond doubt that the chief motive of Vegetarianism is the humane one. Questions of hygiene and of economy both play their part, and… — Henry Stephens Salt
The artist... may suppose that ideas are his chief currency; but unless he is also attuned to feelings, in life and in art, he will… — Eric Maisel
The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head as a whole...… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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