Chiefly Quotes

232 quotes by 184 authors

The future seems a little gloomy! Go to bed early, sleep well, eat moderately at breakfast; the future looks brighter. The world's outlook may not… — Arthur Lynch
The world we live in is a world of mingled good and evil. Whether it is chiefly good or chiefly bad depends on how we… — William DeWitt Hyde
I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so… — Henry David Thoreau
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. — Kingsley Amis
Nobody with open eyes can any longer doubt that the danger to personal freedom comes chiefly from the left. — Friedrich August von Hayek
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism â€” a sort of religious denial of God. It… — Thomas Paine
I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as… — Alexander Pope
Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight of… — Hugh MacLennan
This is what sexual liberation chiefly accomplishes-it liberates young women to pursue married men. — George Gilder
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth… — Socrates
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and… — Socrates
It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if… — David Hume
The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of… — Russell Kirk
It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs. — Woodrow Wilson
We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural… — John Blacking
The second suggestion is to think as well as to read. I know people who read and read, and for all the good it does… — Arnold Bennett
Mr. President, the cause of this great discontent in the country, the cause of the evils which we now suffer and which we now fear,… — John J. Crittenden
LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly… — Ambrose Bierce
A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled… — Alexander Calder
Art- speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar but his art, if it be art, will tell you the truth… — D. H. Lawrence

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