Extremely Quotes
1477 quotes by 1279 authors
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I think one of the things you and I have to learn is that we have to live without the consolation of belonging to a…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I am lost if I attempt to take count of chronology. When I think over the past, I am like a person whose eyes cannot…
— Andre Gide
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It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course,…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditionsâ€; litanies to family values are…
— Susan Sontag
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The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to…
— Douglas Adams
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Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a 'fantasy' novel, you must take all of the things it says extremely seriously,…
— Brandon Sanderson
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Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals…
— Milan Kundera
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Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and…
— Garrison Keillor
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Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of…
— Iris Murdoch
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Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot…
— Frantz Fanon
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Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.
— Dave Barry
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The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
— Richard Dawkins
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Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your…
— Audrey Niffenegger
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If I were in heaven, Nelly, I should be extremely miserable." "Because you are not fit to go there," I answered. "All sinners would be…
— Emily Bronte
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The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as…
— Jane Austen
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On the dashboard of our family car is a shallow indentation about the size of a paperback book. If you are looking for somewhere to…
— Bill Bryson
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The ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature understanding of what it means to retain it,…
— Mortimer Adler
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Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.
— John Green
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Actually I didn't shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die, but he could tell I was extremely cross.
— Neil Gaiman
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The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do.…
— Marvin J. Ashton
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