Chosen Quotes

1250 quotes by 987 authors

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means… — Hannah Arendt
Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something… — J. J. Abrams
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned… — Neil Armstrong
To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other… — Charles Babbage
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;… — Richard Bach
My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it. — Eric Bana
To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats,… — Dennis Banks
Why have I been chosen to deliver the message of female intelligence and its divinity to a deaf world of males? I have asked my… — Roseanne Barr
Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house,… — Karl Barth
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his… — Joseph Addison
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. — John Berger
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the… — Andrew Bernstein
The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made… — Buffalo Bill
My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight… — Juliette Binoche
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies. — Madeleine Albright
One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to… — Madeleine Albright
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. — Andrew Carnegie
The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background. — Amy Chua

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