First Sign Quotes
61 quotes by 53 authors
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
— Georges Bernanos
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Like the great white pines whose roots grow shallow under the forest floor, they are the first to fall in a storm; so is society…
— Jean Charest
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The common man or women, whether they are Israeli or Palestinian, Protestant or Catholic or Iraqi or American, the common man just wants to live…
— Woody Harrelson
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Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature.
— Solanus Casey
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You will recognize, my boy, the first sign of old age: it is when you go out into the streets of London and realize for…
— Seymour Hicks
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The only English patients I have ever known refuse tea, have been typhus cases; and the first sign of their getting better was their craving…
— Florence Nightingale
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The Revelation of the Báb may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac—the sign Aries—which the sun…
— Shoghi Effendi
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I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
— Wynton Marsalis
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of…
— J C Ryle
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The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.
— R C Sproul
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If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man,…
— Jack Handey
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Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of…
— Tim Wise
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There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip…
— Paul Erdos
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If we are to have a stabilized market demand, selling pressure should be maintained . . . perhaps increased . . .at the first sign…
— Paul G. Hoffman
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If you're ever stuck in some thick undergrowth in your underwear, don't stop and start thinking of what other words have "under" in them, because…
— Jack Handey
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A total absence of self-doubt is the first sign of insanity.
— Sandy Woodward
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled! [People who get upset and worried at the first sign of misfortune are only…
— Daniel Defoe
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What I do know is, in little more than 30 years, we have gone from a nation where the “quiet enjoyment†of one’s private property…
— Vin Suprynowicz
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Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.
— Mark Nepo
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The first sign of love is when love asks nothing, [when it] gives everything. This is the real spiritual worship, the worship through love. Whether…
— Swami Vivekananda
Who Wrote These First Sign Quotes
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