Fine Quotes

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All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness. — Peter McWilliams
Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors. — Major Taylor
A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of… — Bent Larsen
For a few moments, attune your mind to the idea of harmony and peaceful coexistence flowing among all peoples and nations. The source of this… — Stephen Russell
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds! — William Shakespeare
My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour. — Goran Ivanisevic
Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness. — Virginia Wade
I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction… — Lillian Hellman
Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each… — William James
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman. — Samuel Johnson
The baby is fine. The only problem is that he looks like Edward G. Robinson. — Woody Allen
The best part of health is fine disposition — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. — Jonah Goldberg
Printing demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which many of the fine arts are even now floundering in self-conscious and maudlin experiments. — Beatrice Warde
Amazing fine tuning occurs in the laws that make this complexity possible. Realization of the complexity of what is accomplished makes it very difficult not… — George F. R. Ellis
That's the beauty of this great sport (track), though-it's such a fine line between success or not, which makes the sweet moments that much more… — Unknown Author
It is usually a mistake to impose an individual's taste on a room that has its own....style. Conversely, to put very fine pieces of furniture… — Nancy Lancaster
In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless. — Swami Vivekananda
What is meant by cause? Cause is the fine state of the manifested state. — Swami Vivekananda
Everything is present in its cause, in its fine form. — Swami Vivekananda
Somewhere between sanity and madness lays a fine line, for some it is a tightrope walked daily, a fight for balance to be won or… — ZoÃ« Heller
The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others. — Emanuel Lasker

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