Distinguished Quotes

296 quotes by 230 authors

Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million. — Robertson Davies
Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented. — Hannah Arendt
Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity — Leslie Orgel
I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished. — Scott Porter
Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior… — Michael Polanyi
The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue. — E. V. Lucas
As far as the surface is concerned - oil on canvas, conventionally applied - my pictures have little to do with the original photograph. They… — Gerhard Richter
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of… — Humphry Davy
I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making of special laws… — Samuel J. Tilden
What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her. — Jamaica Kincaid
The blood of the lamb applied over the doorpost on the night of Israel's deliverance from Egypt distinguished the obedient from the disobedient. Just so… — Billy Graham
When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat… — Julia Cameron
The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact. Let a man… — Benjamin Haydon
The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other… — Hakeem Olajuwon
The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy in… — Herbert Croly
Of the five House Calendars, the Private Calendar is the one to which all Private Bills are referred. Private Bills deal with specific individuals, corporations,… — Howard Coble
It is difficult to see anything but infatuation in the destructive temperament which leads to the action ... that each of us is to rejoice… — William E. Gladstone
Ohm (a distinguished mathematician, be it noted) brought into order a host of puzzling facts connecting electromotive force and electric current in conductors, which all… — Oliver Heaviside
A discussion between Haldane and a friend began to take a predictable turn. The friend said with a sigh, 'It's no use going on. I… — John B. S. Haldane
Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly independence of thought,… — Alexis de Tocqueville

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