Defect Quotes

148 quotes by 128 authors

The most common and the monstrous defect in the education of the day is that children fail to acquire the habit of reading. — Charlotte Mason
Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long. — Laozi
I am surprised at three things: 1. [A] man runs from death while death is inevitable. 2. One sees minor faults in others, yet overlooks… — Umar
Being beautiful is not in the way you dress nor on the pigments you put in your face. Being beautiful is being simple.All girls are… — Galileo Galilei
I hate when counselors and teachers blame everything on low self-esteem in teens. Some of us actually have self-esteem, believe it or not. And when… — Niki Burnham
I have a personality defect where I REFUSE to see myself as an underdog. — Mindy Kaling
We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in… — Oswald Chambers
What's the name of the birth defect you have, trampled by a horse during the 2nd trimester? — Jim Norton
Every human perfection is allied to a defect into which it threatens to pass, but it is also true that every defect is allied to… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure - nobody… — Philip Slater
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. — Noam Chomsky
Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death. — Nicolas Chamfort
The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a… — Ambrose Bierce
Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was decided to… — Aldous Huxley
It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them. — Jean Reno
This is why moral uneasiness is destined to become even more acute. It is obvious that a fundamental defect, or rather a series of defects,… — Pope John Paul II
I believe that they were brave people. One should be of courageous character to do what they had done, not only this, one should be… — Vladimir Semichastny
It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to forsake it for… — Winston Churchill
Write on your doors the saying wise and old. "Be bold!" and everywhere - "Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess Than… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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