Former Quotes

965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

As a former District Attorney and Attorney General, I know the urgency of providing safe homes, schools and neighborhoods for all. This remarkable tour-de-force is… — Scott Harshbarger
The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them. — Sidney Hook
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns… — James Hutton
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial… — Mary Lou Retton
God hates the LUKEWARM GOSPEL OF HALF-TRUTHS that is now spreading over the Globe. This gospel says, 'Just believe in Jesus and you'll be Saved.… — David Wilkerson
The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland. The Irish question… — James Connolly
I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am… — Robert Byrd
A fascinating, insightful, and new treatment from the perspective of an intimately involved former Iranian senior official on Iran's nuclear program and responses to it.… — Thomas R. Pickering
Formerly, many men dominated women within marriage. Now, despite a much wider acceptance of women as workers, men dominate women anonymously outside the marriage. Patriarchy… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter.… — Harvey Mackay
There are two ways of making yourself stand out from the crowd. One is by having a job so big you can go home before… — Henry Ford
Persecutors are almost always former Victims. — David Emerald Womeldorff
The problem with deterrence - apparently sometimes forgotten by our former presidents - is that it is not static, but a creature of the moment,… — Victor Davis Hanson
The fact is that we have been consistent in a predictable 60-year commitment to national security, while our friends and former enemies - by intent… — Victor Davis Hanson
If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking… — A. J. Jacobs
At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a… — Guy Kawasaki
We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations… — Al-Kindi
There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord, and others that receive it less interiorly; the former are… — Emanuel Swedenborg
The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved… — Jim Garrison
I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him. — Kenneth Noland

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