Diverted Quotes

68 quotes by 59 authors

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to withdraw… — Andrew Mellon
Wherever you are or whatever your job, don't be confused or diverted by false priorities. We have only one mission to perform-that is to fight… — Unknown Author
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes. — Kathe Kollwitz
One day you and I will have to have a little talk about this business called love. I still don't understand what it's all about.… — Oriana Fallaci
Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power… — Epictetus
When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts… — Bertrand Russell
Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. Because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests. It is meat that pollutes… — Maneka Gandhi
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons. — Aung San Suu Kyi
Let us hold fast to the iron rod. The Savior urged us to put our hand to the plow without looking back. In that spirit… — Spencer W. Kimball
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we've forgotten that it's our… — Radhanath Swami
Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means from… — William Graham Sumner
Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Guy Ritchie is the worst screenwriter in the world, but, to be fair, he is not the worst director. He is only the worst director… — Mick LaSalle
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after… — Seneca the Younger
Men do not know the natural infirmity of their mind: it does nothing but ferret and quest, and keeps incessantly whirling around, building up and… — Michel de Montaigne
Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of… — Rebecca West
The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last… — Samuel Johnson
The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could… — Theodore Zeldin
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everywhere you go on the continent of Europe at this hour you see the conflict between militarism and industrialism. You see the expansion of industrial… — William Graham Sumner

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