Disadvantage Quotes

159 Disadvantage quotes by 137 unique authors

A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and… — Stephen Crane
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion… — Robert Musil
It's always difficult to make conversation with a drunk, and there's no denying it, the sober are at a disadvantage with him. — W. Somerset Maugham
If other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we will be at a disadvantage...we would look at considering perhaps duties that would offset… — Steven Chu
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one… — Gautama Buddha
A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains. — Gautama Buddha
As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not… — Peggy McIntosh
One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage… — Charles Dudley Warner
Oscar Pistorius is on the cusp of a paradigm shift in which disability becomes ability, disadvantage becomes advantage. Yet we mustn't lose sight of what… — Oscar Pistorius
I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more… — Carol Leifer
I would like to have an ample fund to spread the light of Republicanism, but I am willing to undergo the disadvantage to make certain… — William Howard Taft
The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that… — Roy Jenkins
Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice… — Enoch Powell
Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who've been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage. — Peter Lynch
The sense of an entailed disadvantage - the deformed foot doubtfully hidden by the shoe, makes a restlessly active spiritual yeast, and easily turns a… — George Eliot
Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their… — Mother Jones
One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's… — J B Morton
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. — Joel Barlow
The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage. — Bob Parsons
The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents. — Margaret Halsey
We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose. — Francesco Guicciardini
I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism. — George Bernard Shaw
Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your… — Tony Dungy
He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too… — Emanuel Lasker
[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the… — R. Buckminster Fuller

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