Degree Quotes

1888 Degree quotes by 1428 unique authors

Hero-worship is the deepest root of all; the tap-root, from which in a great degree all the rest were nourished and grown . . .… — Thomas Carlyle
A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once more… — Carl Jung
Artistry is to a large degree simplicity. — L. Ron Hubbard
The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and their superior degree… — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use. — J. G. Ballard
There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do… — Samuel Johnson
Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts… — Samuel Johnson
The distance from nothing to a little, is ten thousand times more, than from it to the highest degree in this life. — John Donne
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose… — Lord Chesterfield
Perhaps there is a degree of perception at which what is real and what is imagines are one: a state of clairvoyant observation, accessible or… — Wallace Stevens
... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives. — Billy Graham
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together. — Charles Kennedy
Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in… — Arthur Miller
We love women in proportion to their degree of strangeness to us. — Charles Baudelaire
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire… — Robertson Davies
We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism… — Irving Babbitt
The closest I ever came to death was masturbating with a 104-degree temperature. — Larry David
It's not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell. — Polly Adler
Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy… — Adam Clarke
It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather. — Fareed Zakaria
Children, of course, don't understand at first that they are being cheated. They come to school with a degree of faith and optimism, and they… — Jonathan Kozol
In the United States, and to only slightly lesser degree in all the other rich and economically progressive Western countries, public debate has at all… — Gunnar Myrdal
There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless. — Clive Bell
My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father,… — Mark Leyner
I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and… — Vijay Mallya

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