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965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

Before starting work go thru all the former material. Many things of vital importance have been lost sight of. — Charles E. Burchfield
It's interesting what former presidents do when they leave office. Bush is now working as a motivational speaker. And if you want to be motivated,… — David Letterman
Both religion and natural science require a belief in God for their activities, to the former He is the starting point, and to the latter… — Max Planck
Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is promoting her new book and she's going to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Sarah and Oprah. On… — David Letterman
Bush met with former President Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter is 76 years old, or as Democrats call him 'their bright new star of the future.' — David Letterman
This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux Indian… — Marc Forgione
That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and the Constitution led… — Gerald R. Ford
When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its key features will be the wanton slaughter of more than 170 million… — Walter E. Williams
Even today many educated people think that the victory of Christianity over Greek philosophy is a proof of the superior truth of the former -… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Another observation, in a former letter of yours, has not escaped my remembrance – the three lessons which a minister has to learn: 1. Humility.… — Charles Simeon
I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those who died in the great wars to be co-opted by current or… — Harry Leslie Smith
In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of us are even… — Josip Novakovich
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly… — H. L. Mencken
I am at that age when former child stars go off the rails. — Charlotte Church
Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as… — John Corvino
Remember, everything you are building today will be killed or iterated. The former is more likely than the latter. Great products are created by many… — Justin Kan
God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think. — Criss Jami
The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not. — Criss Jami
The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our… — Catherine Crowe
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that… — Charles Caleb Colton
The secondary Imagination I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It [will-making] is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition ... This last act of our lives seldom belies… — William Hazlitt
Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the… — James Madison
I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have… — Jimmy Carter

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