Finest Quotes

491 Finest quotes by 393 unique authors

The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for us but to… — Jean de la Bruyere
To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will obscure the brightness… — Charles Caleb Colton
Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty. — Louisa May Alcott
A culture is in its finest flower before it begins to analyze itself. — Alfred North Whitehead
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes
His finest hour lasted a minute and a half. — Phyllis Diller
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism… — John Foster Dulles
The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet. — Isadora Duncan
Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic. — Terry Eagleton
At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. — George Eliot
The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. — George Eliot
I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when… — Linda Ellerbee
Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case… — Rahm Emanuel
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. — William Henry Harrison
'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel… — Ethan Hawke
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a… — Aldous Huxley
One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the… — Daniel Inouye
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. — Molly Ivins
I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging… — Naveen Jain
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended… — Henry James
Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac… — Steve Jobs
I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I… — Stephen King
Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who… — Joe Klein
Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world. — Evel Knievel

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