Exact Quotes

734 Exact quotes by 612 unique authors

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going… — Alec Baldwin
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the… — Amelia Barr
The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine… — Roseanne Barr
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore… — Joseph Addison
Politics is not an exact science. — Otto von Bismarck
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. — Jean de la Bruyere
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. — Edmund Burke
Life is not an exact science, it is an art. — Samuel Butler
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. — Samuel Butler
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far… — Albert Camus
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. — Thomas Carlyle
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. — Cesar Chavez
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends.… — Margaret Cho
For in disease the most voluntary or most special movements, faculties, etc., suffer first and most, that is in an order the exact opposite of… — John Hughlings Jackson
I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It… — Roderick Haig-Brown
If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist. — William Gurnall
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least… — Alexander Hamilton
We have always tried to concentrate on the long term, and to place bets on technology we believe will have a significant impact over time.… — Larry Page
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge… — Arthur Conan Doyle
This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance beween spirit and… — Gary Snyder
Night gangsters! For this crime I will exact a thousand fold revenge! — Adolf Hitler
The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws that operate in the inner cosmos… — Paramahansa Yogananda

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