Finer Quotes

217 quotes by 179 authors

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer. — John Keats
I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would… — Coretta Scott King
And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on… — Stephen King
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. — D. H. Lawrence
Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and… — Daniel De Leon
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! — Douglas MacArthur
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. — Michel de Montaigne
There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece. — Ted Nugent
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer… — William Lyon Phelps
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary… — Margaret Sanger
It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand. — Olive Schreiner
If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace. — Ben Stein
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know.… — Henry David Thoreau
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity. — Frank Lloyd Wright
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision,… — Woodrow Wilson
Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the… — Virginia Woolf
Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than… — Martin Filler
When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations. — Ashwin Sanghi
A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not… — Margaret Sanger
Like the air, God's Grace is available to us. It is permeating every fibre of Being and the Being of the entire universe. When we… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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