Dubious Quotes

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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities. — George Eliot
When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the… — Brian Eno
You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed. — John Major
A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing. — Jerry Saltz
To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting. — Jerry Saltz
The assumption that rigidly rejecting words and phrases that have existed for centuries will have much impact on public attitudes is rather dubious. — Kay Redfield Jamison
The dark dangerous forest is still there, my friends. Beyond the space of the astronauts and the astronomers, beyond the dark, tangled regions of Freudian… — Fritz Leiber
But it's precisely in this cold, loathsome half-despair, half-belief, in this deliberate burying of yourself underground for forty years out of sheer pain, in this… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Heroes only come in three kinds:dead, damaged or dubious. — Gregory David Roberts
If your opponent has you by fifty pounds, winning a fight against him is a dubious proposition, at best. If your opponent has you by… — Jim Butcher
When something tragic has happened, you'll find that you, the tragicee, become the person that has to make everything comfortable for everyone else.... As a… — Cecelia Ahern
So, Beav, tell me about yourself." "I'm Blue." "Sweetheart, if I had your dubious taste in men, I wouldn't be too happy, either." "My name… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I kissed her," he explained, aggrieved. "Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence." Lyall sharpened his pen nib,… — Gail Carriger
From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to… — Justina Chen
Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation. — George Eliot
I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been applied, will be one of the greatest… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Are you trying to tell me that you've never been kissed?" I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. He looked so dubious,… — Gena Showalter
For many, the regressive belief in superstitions and miracles is an escape from the hardships of life. Once trapped into irrationalism, they become more incapable… — Sanal Edamaruku
Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match… — Jon Katz
The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in some cases, overcome,… — Noam Chomsky

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