Confronted Quotes

296 quotes by 255 authors

I Preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to be enjoying both… — Gail Carriger
I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace, at the dinner… — Tim Gunn
When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I… — Yukio Mishima
The historian ought to be the humblest of men; he is faced a dozen times a day with the evidence of his own ignorance; he… — C. V. Wedgwood
We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace? — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Religion is the natural reaction of the imagination when confronted by the difficulties in a truculent world. — George Santayana
People are more willing to buy branded goods provided they are persuaded that they are getting value from them. And they need to be convinced… — Andrew Curry
Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas. — Wendy McElroy
Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any… — Jean Kerr
We are confronted primarily with a moral issue... whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to… — John F. Kennedy
So, the tendency of our childish nature is to take small things too seriously and get easily offended, whereas when we are confronted with situations… — Dalai Lama
Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a… — Adam Davidson
I had never confronted my parents with the true feelings I had for them, and I had certainly never expressed the depth of my feeling… — Brooke Hayward
What a sound money system does is to stabilize all the elements in it, and reduces the uncertainty that people confront. And the one thing… — Alan Greenspan
Latter-day Saints, having received the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, are entitled to personal inspiration in the small events… — James E. Faust
The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all,… — Dana Priest
The virus that causes AIDS is the trickiest pathogen scientists have ever confronted. It mutates furiously, it has decoys to evade the immune system, it… — Seth Berkley
Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and ever-increasing population, with… — Martin Rees
No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they had not been… — Stephen Kinzer
Many people first encounter Jesus during childhood when they are suddenly confronted by a horrifying statue of a man nailed to a cross, and this… — Michael Leunig

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