Favours Quotes

65 Favours quotes by 59 unique authors

Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours. — Jacques Delors
A presentation copy, reader,-if haply you are yet innocent of such favours-is a copy of a book which does not sell, sent you by the… — Charles Lamb
I was sad to leave 'Downton,' but I will always remember it fondly, as they did me a lot of favours. I owe them a… — Thomas Howes
I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more… — Paul McGann
Plants, in a state of nature, are always warring with one another, contending for the monopoly of the soil,-the stronger ejecting the weaker,-the more vigorous… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit… — Agnes Macphail
Those who sentimentally indulge humanity do it no favours. — Terry Eagleton
If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television. It doesn't do you any favours in terms of showing… — Clive Anderson
In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom, which is automatically… — Susan Cain
Usually God favours the people who try to do good. So, when you find that the crowd is desperately trying to sell, help them and… — John Templeton
What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart? — William Makepeace Thackeray
It is in rare and scattered instants that beauty smiles even on her adorers, who are reduced for habitual comfort to remembering her past favours. — George Santayana
Men are never attached to you by favours. — Napoleon Bonaparte
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
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
I never came into life with any favours or privileges. — Ken Livingstone
I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces… — Charles Dickens
O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom… — Benjamin Franklin
(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance… — Rudyard Kipling
If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change… — Richard Dawkins
Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But… — P.G. Wodehouse
Anyway, as the old barrelhouse song says, My God, how the money rolled in. Norton must have subscribed to the old Puritan notion that the… — Stephen King
I'm tired of people thinking they're doing me favours. — Michael Thomas Ford

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