Fatal Quotes

491 quotes by 390 authors

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it… — William E. Gladstone
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. — William Cowper
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. — Ernest Dimnet
That fatal drollery called a representative government. — Benjamin Disraeli
Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal. — Mike Ditka
Inquiry is fatal to certainty. — Will Durant
Ideas are fatal to caste. — E. M. Forster
Reverence is fatal to literature. — E. M. Forster
The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery. — Bianca Jagger
A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is. — Pauline Kael
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable. — Soren Kierkegaard
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap. — Ray Kroc
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in… — Walter Savage Landor
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. — Douglas MacArthur
The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors. — John Stuart Mill
It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal. — Stirling Moss
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day;… — Lewis Mumford
Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through… — Mike Pence
Although there have been warnings that it was coming for years, the Alzheimer's epidemic is here now and millions more families will be touched by… — Jeanne Phillips
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. — Wendell Phillips

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