Finest Quotes

491 Finest quotes by 393 unique authors

To have some parts flowing free again . . . with deer grazing on its banks . . . ducks and geese raising their young… — Stephen Ambrose
In 1966 Rolf Edberg wrote "This is mankind's home", "in the narrow borderland between the deathly heat beneath our feet and the coldness of space… — Margot Wallstrom
The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses. — Henry Van Dyke
If I had to choose my best day ever, my finest hour, my wildest dream come true, mine would be you. — Blake Shelton
There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment… — Winston Churchill
The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you. — Brandon Sanderson
A few years ago we colonised this place with some of our finest felons, thieves, muggers, alcoholics and prostitutes, a strain of depravity which I… — Ian Wooldridge
We live, understandably enough, with the sense of urgency; our clock, like Baudelaire's, has had the hands removed and bears the legend, "It is later… — Lionel Trilling
Johnny Vassilaros is the man who has created the finest cup of coffee ever served in the city of New York. — Lewis Black
The Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met. — John C. Maxwell
The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn't trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully… — Ethan Hawke
At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance. — Doug Scott
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to… — Albert Einstein
The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles… — Benjamin Franklin
I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players. I… — Harry Golombek
Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists of this entire period. MY MICHAEL is a beautiful work of great depth and in some indescribable… — Arthur Miller
Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one. — Abraham Lincoln
John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest novelists… — Ron Rash
My signature line of clothing for Satya Paul will showcase a distinctive aspect of my own personal style. Co-creating and endorsing a line for one… — Gauri Khan
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais… — Adolf Anderssen
To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description. It also, at… — Ronald Rolheiser
DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants, the theater.… — Doris Day
The finest pleasure is kindness to others. — Jean de la Bruyere
The finest mode of transport known to man. — Adam Hart-Davis
The nicest constitutions of government are often like the finest pieces of clock-work, which, depending on so many motions, are therefore more subject to be… — Alexander Pope

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