Chief Quotes

993 quotes by 746 authors

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind. — Frank Lloyd Wright
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know… — George Edward Woodberry
To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in… — George Edward Woodberry
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Er, among our… — Graham Chapman
Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and… — Edward Abbey
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now — Zig Ziglar
The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo. — Lewis Carroll
What, did you think," she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, "that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim?" "I did not think… — G.A. Henty
What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he… — William Shakespeare
We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature. — Madeleine L'Engle
Her chief dread in life, at this period of her development, was that she would appear narrow minded; what she feared next afterwards was that… — Henry James
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to ruleâ€”and both commonly succeed, and… — H. L. Mencken
She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala's… — Eva Ibbotson
When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting… — Mark Twain
Of all needs a book has, the chief need is to be readable. — Anthony Trollope
Compassion is the chief law of human existence. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
After the trial, I watched as another female pathologist collected maggots from a spinal column found in the desert. There was a decomposed head, too,… — David Sedaris
They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained ... — Anna Godbersen

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