Famously Quotes
51 quotes by 49 authors
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I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.
— Julie Burchill
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Graham Greene famously said that all writers need a chip of ice in their heart; Cusk can come across as the most beautiful ice palace…
— Julie Burchill
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Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic.…
— Daniel Finkelstein
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I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the…
— Andrew Breitbart
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Woman for whom Botox and fillers are the norm don't feel dressed without it. It's like going to the hairdresser's for them. Also, famously, lipstick…
— Imogen Edwards-Jones
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Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is not above sudden, disturbing, movements. Since its inception, capitalism has known slumps and recessions, bubble and froth; no one has…
— Margaret Thatcher
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Scott Fitzgerald said famously that 'he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for.' But he also forgot that without consciousness, he…
— Antonio Damasio
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Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.
— Tatum O'Neal
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When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you…
— Maria Popova
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The poet Marianne Moore famously wrote of 'real toads in imaginary gardens,' and the labyrinth offers us the possibility of being real creatures in symbolic…
— Rebecca Solnit
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A famously wise old man in a village was once asked how he came by his wisdom. "I got it from my good judgment," he…
— Sydney J. Harris
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H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed,…
— Robert Higgs
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Socrates claimed famously that one never loses by doing the right thing. Stephen Post and his contributors claim, a little less boldly, that at least…
— Holmes Rolston III
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Nietzsche famously said, 'Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' What he failed to stress is that it ALMOST kills you.
— Conan O'Brien
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Famously, the CIA is somewhere where marriages hardly ever last because it's obviously such a strange lifestyle.
— Chris Terrio
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A French poet famously referred to the aroma of certain cheeses as the ‘pieds de Dieu’—the feet of god. Just to be clear: foot odor…
— Michael Pollan
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As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things…
— Lawrence Block
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,'…
— Carl Bernstein
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Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or principle is a life so…
— A.C. Grayling
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Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party;…
— Charlie Crist
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