Circumstance Quotes

501 Circumstance quotes by 404 unique authors

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our… — William Hazlitt
In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed. — William Ernest Henley
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. — David Hume
I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just… — Jewel
I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance. — Val Kilmer
With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might… — Denis Leary
To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of… — Samuel Lover
The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in… — Kate Millett
In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The stranger the mutt… — Susan Orlean
Every job has a unique situational circumstance. — Ron Perlman
I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made… — Sidney Poitier
McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance. — Pat Robertson
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything - whether it's… — Jill Scott
On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. — Ayrton Senna
I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it. — Sonia Sotomayor
After everyone has had a chance to bluster, posture, and pontificate, we are left with one basic question: under any foreseeable circumstance, would it be… — John Sununu
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our… — Martha Washington
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and… — Adam Weishaupt
I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal -… — E. O. Wilson
The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of… — E. O. Wilson
Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking… — Bryce Courtenay
Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act… — Stephen Covey
I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn… — Saul Williams

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