Drawbacks Quotes

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In actions of enthusiasm, this drawback appears: but in those lower activities, which have no higher aim than to make us more comfortable and more… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what it means to… — Junot Diaz
This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes. — Katherine Dunn
I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was… — David Mamet
Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both. — Marilyn Monroe
One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them. — Bill Nye
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men. — Baruch Spinoza
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In general she had found that the main drawback in being a man was that conversations were less interesting. — Ursula K. Le Guin
What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! The only drawback in… — John Steinbeck
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll… — Frederick Buechner
The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is what I've come to consider the default mode, existentially and electronically… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable… — Rachel Caine
The worst part of it is you don't know if he's barking at an owl, the moon or a burglar!" "That's one of the drawbacks… — Charles M. Schulz
Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. — Glen Cook
One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth, — P.G. Wodehouse
To do such a thing would be to transcend magic. And I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean… — H.G. Wells
It was sometimes inconvenient to have the gold-green, slit-pupilled eyes of a cat, but this was usually easily hidden with a small glamour, and if… — Cassandra Clare
The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative. — Marilyn Monroe
I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this… — Pat Paulsen

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