Correct Quotes

1455 quotes by 1152 authors

Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins. — Jodi Picoult
As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct. — Ambeth R. Ocampo
The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. Iâ€™m not… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living… — Mahatma Gandhi
In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi
My daughter," I said blankly. "I see. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought it took a man, as well as a woman,… — Juliet Marillier
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius
I disconnect the telephone to keep the outside world in it's correct place. — Chuck Palahniuk
Sometimes I'll spend an hour writing a tiny email. I work on it until I've created the illusion that I've dashed it off in three… — Nicholson Baker
There's a grosser irony about Politically Correct English. This is that PCE purports to be the dialect of progressive reform but is in fact -… — David Foster Wallace
Nickâ€™s right, you are psychotic. (Talon) The correct term is sociopathic and yes, I am. But at least I have no delusions about myself. (Zarek)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
And you're worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?â€ â€œThat's… — Stephenie Meyer
All of her heart, a meaningless phrase, but correct and precise, too. She used her heart to love him, not her head, and not her… — Charles Yu
Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of… — Gilles Deleuze
Iâ€™ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldnâ€™t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that… — Julian Barnes
For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align… — Tim Ferriss
I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females and correct unruly children. But it's all I have. I know I… — Toni Morrison
It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities. This… — Sam Harris

Who Wrote These Correct Quotes

1,152 authors contributed a total of 1,455 Correct Quotes, led by these top contributors: