Former Quotes

965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply… — Rene Descartes
We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled by progress. — Michael Dorris
I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and… — Fritz Sauckel
I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him. — Stuart Rothenberg
New York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy. — Colson Whitehead
Ex-convicts prepared the eggs for the White Houseâ€™s Easter Egg Roll. Itâ€™s nice to see the White House reaching out to former members of Congress. — Jay Leno
President Obama admitted this week that a former girlfriend that he wrote about in his autobiography was made up and not a real person .… — Jay Leno
What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away… — Hans Rosling
As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to… — Andres Serrano
Faith is rest, not toil. It is the giving up all the former weary efforts to do or feel something good, in order to induce… — Horatius Bonar
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of British Special Forces,… — Michael Hastings
According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin… — Ferdinand Mount
All around us, aspects of the modern world - diet, exercise, medicine, art, work, family, philosophy, economics, ecology, psychology - have begun a long circle… — Paul Shepard
As a former NFL athlete, my quality of play on the field was in direct correlation to how I took care of my body. Bulletproof… — Devon McDonald
Every week Rangers have different former players come out at half-time. Spurs should have a couple a former players on the board, who know what… — Graham Roberts
Typically, the hero of the fairy tale achieves a domestic, microcosmic triumph, and the hero of myth a world-historica l, macrocosmic triumph. Whereas the former-the… — Joseph Campbell
You know what you call the two winners of that $580 million PowerBall lottery? ... Former Democrats — Jay Leno
A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the… — Benjamin Franklin
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale… — Winston Churchill
Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures. God, having taught us first… — Cotton Mather

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