Former Quotes

965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

I once had an extraordinary experience with former prime minister Ted Heath. Both of his eyes, including the whites, turned jet black, and I seemed… — David Icke
The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right,… — Franz Kafka
The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to… — Immanuel Kant
As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that… — Sue Kelly
As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education. — Sue Kelly
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former… — Jeffrey Kluger
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. — Karl Kraus
I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated. — Charles Krauthammer
What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as… — Arthur Laffer
America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves… — Jaron Lanier
Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran… — Jay Leno
To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of… — Samuel Lover
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not… — James Madison
Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the… — Horace Mann
I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes. — George Michael
It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former… — Kevin Mitnick
The Justice Department needs to investigate how Goldman Sachs was able to steer things in such a manner through their former employees in the Bush… — Michael Moore
As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is… — Bill O'Reilly
I finally overcame my phobia, and now I approach flying with a sort of studied boredom - a learned habit, thanks to my learn-to-fly-calmly training… — Susan Orlean
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former… — John Boyd Orr
The worst manifestations of exhaustion were successfully cured by a long period of rest but it was immediately apparent to me that I had lost… — Wilhelm Ostwald
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. — Blaise Pascal
I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife. — Dave Pelzer
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? — Alexander Pope

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