Distinguished Quotes

296 Distinguished quotes by 230 unique authors

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his… — Arthur Erickson
Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions… — Christie Hefner
For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. — Josh McDowell
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. — Moliere
I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. — Vladimir Nabokov
Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be… — Conan O'Brien
These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or… — Herbert Read
I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant… — Pat Robertson
A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. — Herbert Spencer
Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as… — Lysander Spooner
There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from… — Joseph Stiglitz
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated. — Henry David Thoreau
Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower. — Earl Warren
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by… — George Washington
I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.''s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events… — Naomi Wolf
Thus is Man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live, not onely like other creatures in divers elements, but in divided… — Thomas Browne
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I… — Henry David Thoreau
It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in… — Ian Mcewan
Iâ€™m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody elseâ€™s. Iâ€™m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and… — J D Salinger

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