Fatal Quotes

491 quotes by 390 authors

To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The surrender of decision,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation… — Joseph Conrad
It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no… — Pierre Corneille
The Communists offer one precious, fatal boon: they take away the sense of sin. — Murray Kempton
The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but… — Nassau William Senior
Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of… — Josiah Warren
Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you're wallowing in indecision, you certainty… — Marie Beynon Lyons Ray
I was a very, very old child. Sometimes you meet a child who seems more like an adult. I think I was that type of… — Marianne Wiggins
The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again. — John Henry Jowett
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really… — Zhuangzi
It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in th' eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark. — John Milton
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure and business labor… — Arthur Helps
Identity is a bag and a gag. Yet it exists for me with all the force of a fatal disease. Obviously I am here, a… — Judith Perelman Rossner
Lack of charisma can be fatal. — Jenny Holzer
It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it. — Jim Broadbent
Money and good pussy's a fatal attraction for men. — Ja Rule
For the Members of the Assembly having before their eyes so many fatal Instances of the errors and falshoods, in which the greatest part of… — Robert Hooke
A propos of Distempers, I am going to tell you a thing that I am sure will make you wish your selfe here. The Small… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Her [Rosalind Franklin] devotion to research showed itself at its finest in the last months of her life. Although stricken with an illness which she… — John Desmond Bernal

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