Fickle Quotes

133 quotes by 115 authors

A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men… — Charles Dickens
The fickle populace always change with the prince. — Claudius Claudianus
The student's ambition should be to become a painter's painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on sympathy and understanding… — Walter J. Phillips
Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul. — Robert Genn
Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made. — Chloe Sevigny
Children are overbearing, supercilious, passionate, envious, inquisitive, egotistical, idle, fickle, timid, intemperate, liars, and dissemblers; they laugh and weep easily, are excessive in their joys… — Jean de la Bruyere
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people… — Emma Goldman
Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits. — Mason Cooley
Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. — Emily Dickinson
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I know people are fickle. — William Hague
It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed.… — Jeffrey Kluger
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain. — Niccolo Machiavelli
You may get an emotional thrill when you first buy something, but emotions are fickle. You buy that one thing you think will complete your… — Joyce Meyer
Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both. — Marilyn Monroe
Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's… — Marilyn Monroe
History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and… — Rachel Nichols
What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? — William Osler
With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle. — Johnny Vegas

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