Considerable Quotes

329 quotes by 293 authors

â€¦There are times when something is asked of us, and we find we must do it. There is no calculation involved, no measure of the… — Jesse Ball
Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it will begin to give you an… — J D Salinger
There are those rare people who function like human magnets, who are individually so attractive â€“ or repellent, depending on the situation â€“ that a… — Daniel Wallace
Acceptable rules of conduct were suspended when it came to the spoon shortage. The deficit had gotten so bad that prices were all but unaffordable,… — Jasper Fforde
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening. — Epictetus
I believe there is a considerable range in the bang of most guns. — Gail Carriger
Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you. — Augusten Burroughs
I dare because I want no misunderstanding between us. I am everything you think I am, but I love your daughter, and what I love,… — Jeaniene Frost
Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places that had once belonged to cigarettes now belonged to phones. — William Gibson
The prospects were depressing: Adulthood meant that I'd have to stop having fun and do something I didn't really want to do for the rest… — Bruce Campbell
You were afraid of shooting people?" "No," I say. "I was afraid of my considerable capacity to kill." How many young men fear that there… — Veronica Roth
It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive… — Sigmund Freud
To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise...Let… — Samuel Johnson
To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise. — Samuel Johnson
God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Advertising and the free society are closely connected. Advertising helps to make a free society remain so by increasing competition, and by helping to maintain… — John Treasure
The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm. — Roy Baumeister
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won… — Roger Bannister
My work in general involves getting over my fears that are deeply embedded since childhood: Fear of darkness, fear of dangerous activities in general, and… — Miru Kim
While leaders spend considerable time and effort trying to envision markets and pushing out innovation, empathy can often generate simple, yet breakthrough ideas. — John Gerzema

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