Contagious Quotes
231 quotes by 190 authors
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In a contagious world,we learn to keep our distance. If we get too close to those who are suffering, we might get infected by their…
— John Ortberg
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I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and…
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus…
— Seth Godin
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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Laziness is contagious just like hard work is. I didn't give myself an opportunity to be lazy and I didn't surround myself with people who…
— Michael Chandler
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Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had lurked…
— Laurie Garrett
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Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread of…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
— Billy Graham
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No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
— Steve Earle
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We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.
— Eric Hoffer
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Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
— Harriet Ann Jacobs
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
— Vince Lombardi
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It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.
— Peter McWilliams
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
— Michel de Montaigne
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I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to…
— Brittany Murphy
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A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed…
— Dee Dee Myers
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You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but…
— Michelle Obama
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I really believed that fear is contagious.
— Joel Osteen
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