Former Quotes

965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former… — Pliny the Elder
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal. — Samuel Richardson
During my seven-year contract with RKO, there were seven different studio presidents, from David O. Selznick to Charles W. Koerner. You literally had to check… — Ginger Rogers
I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It… — Henry Rollins
So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is… — Ibrahim Rugova
Although I adore the Italian High Renaissance, I'd rather look at Mannerism. The former is ordered, integrated, otherworldly, and grandiose; it leaves you feeling hungry… — Jerry Saltz
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. — Friedrich Schiller
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety… — Jane Smiley
I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and… — Suzanne Somers
An external electric field, meeting it and passing through it, affects the negative as much as the positive quanta of the atom, and pushes the… — Johannes Stark
You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend. — Paul Theroux
For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative… — Allen West
The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice are… — George Will
Like Andy Warhol and unlike God Almighty, Larry King does not presume to judge; all celebrities are equal in his eyes, saints and sinners alike… — James Wolcott
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting… — William Wordsworth
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. — Frank Lloyd Wright
I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. — Caitlin Moran
It's not a random chance that we have Alanis Morissette. She didn't evolve out of a null and void. She came from a former template.… — Greg Graffin
If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will… — Evgeny Morozov
As a digital technology writer, I have had more than one former student and colleague tell me about digital switchers they have serviced through which… — Douglas Rushkoff
Remember when those CD-ROMs from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL CEO Steve Case was… — Douglas Rushkoff
i would like to remind the management that the drinks are watered and the hat-check girl has syphilis and the band is composed of former… — Leonard Cohen
Wilderness and motors are incompatible and the former can best be experienced, understood and enjoyed when the machines are left behind where they belong --… — Edward Abbey
The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen. — John Irving

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