Fine Quotes

3701 Fine quotes by 2431 unique authors

The web of hypocrisy of today hangs on the frontiers of two domains, between which our time swings back and forth, attaching its fine threads… — Max Stirner
I wasnt always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom. — Janet Evanovich
You know, if you’re caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you’re going to go to jail. If it happens repeatedly, you… — Elizabeth Warren
People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If… — Nick Harkaway
I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol. — Eva Mendes
It is not my behavior to either wear minimum clothes, to band or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to… — Katrina Kaif
I read a comment [about me] on YouTube that I thought would upset me — ‘Test pilot for pies’ — but I’ve always been a… — Adele
The world taught women nothing skillful and then said her work was valueless. It permitted her no opinions and said she did not know how… — Carrie Chapman Catt
Joe Bonomo has written a fine book: a book not only about a band or times passed, but also about the rare virtue of endurance. — Nick Tosches
Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their aeriform state to… — Nick Tosches
The greatest thing is a life of obedience in the routine things of everyday life. No amount of fine feeling can take the place of… — William Barclay
I feel fine. How about you? — Yuri Gagarin
The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar. — Finley Peter Dunne
'English fair play' is a fine expression. It justifies the bashing of the puny draper's assistant by the big hairy blacksmith, and this to the… — Joseph Furphy
I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out there and turn… — Michael Chang
One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went up to her and taking her by her flour-smeared elbow… — Marc Chagall
Looking at the doctrine of Darwinism, which undergirded my atheism for so many years, it didn’t take me long to conclude that it was simply… — Lee Strobel
As we discern a fine line between crank and genius, so also (and unfortunately) we must acknowledge an equally graded trajectory from crank to demagogue.… — Stephen Jay Gould
James Brown opened at least six of our House of Blues clubs. He always delivered, but he demanded the respect of an emperor. But, come… — Dan Aykroyd
Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is… — William Hazlitt
Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my… — Ralph Bakshi
Most of us become so rigidly fixed in the ruts carved out by genetic programming and social conditioning that we ignore the options of choosing… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Gatting at fine leg - that's a contradiction in terms. — Richie Benaud
My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying whether she… — Joko Beck
When we walk slowly, the world can fully appear. Not only are the creatures not frightened away by our haste or aggression, but the fine… — Joan Halifax

Who Wrote These Fine Quotes

2,431 authors contributed a total of 3,701 Fine Quotes, led by these top contributors: