Favour Quotes

306 quotes by 247 authors

I wish that more and more adventurous young men would give up the gun in favour of the camera. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Men are never attached to you by favours. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing… — Ian Anderson
I maintain a balanced view of the world, but that balance is always in my favour. — Mark Lawrence
I would take school instruction out of the hands of the old order of decrepit, stammering, journeymen-teachers as well as from the new weak ones,… — Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements… — James Anthony Froude
Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. In the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they are… — William Hazlitt
It's a real triumph taking a painting out from a pit-hole with a loose and open approach. Some aspects in its favour are those strange… — Bill Vaughan
Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not… — Francesco Guicciardini
Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up… — Sloane Crosley
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing… — Umberto Eco
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people… — Queen Elizabeth II
My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided… — Stephane Hessel
If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries. — Bill Hicks
So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy. — Boris Johnson
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. — Samuel Johnson
I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have. — Joe Klein
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. — Spike Lee
The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will… — Alan Lewis
I never came into life with any favours or privileges. — Ken Livingstone

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