Distinctly Quotes

117 quotes by 100 authors

Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A… — Annie Besant
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? — Samuel Butler
She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as… — John Henrik Clarke
If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness. — Albert Bandura
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it. — Abraham Lincoln
Few animals display their mood via facial expressions as distinctly as cats. — Konrad Lorenz
In the heavens we discover [stars] by their light, and by their light alone ... the sole evidence of the existence of these distant worlds… — James Clerk Maxwell
Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[There is] one distinctly human thing - the story. There can be as good science about a turnip as about a man. ... [Or philosophy,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
[P]ure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly… — G. H. Hardy
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern… — Edmund Burke
A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The final measure… — James Weldon Johnson
To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal
[The canonization of the Koran involved the] attribution of several, partially overlapping, collections of logia [sayings] (exhibiting a distinctly Mosaic imprint) to the image of… — John Wansbrough
Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going… — Buck Owens
Forests in the tropics are cut to make pasture to raise beef for the American market. Our distance from the source of our food enables… — Gary Snyder
I remember distinctly telling my father-in-law, barring a miracle, we're going to have to terminate the pregnancy. Her health has to come first — Chris Higgins
For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is… — John Calvin

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