Former Quotes

965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and fro in an independent existence,… — William Henry Bragg
I always marked up a piece of paper before taking a job, looking at the pluses and minuses. If the latter outnumbered the former, I… — Dennis Washington
In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service. — Barry Ritholtz
What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material. — Theresa Breslin
An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there… — John J. Sirica
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder. — Richard Francis Burton
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. — Ernest Hemingway
You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend… — Robert Wise
In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it… — Henry Charles Carey
It is hardly fair to accuse us of ignorance when it was made a crime under the former order of things to learn enough about… — George H. White
Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man… — Moses Mendelssohn
I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use… — Sergei Bubka
They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest… — Jeri Ryan
Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies. — Dario Argento
I think that practising the law, particularly litigation, and particularly in Glasgow, has always been difficult enough without adding to it by having problems with… — Len G. Murray
Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and… — Lafcadio Hearn
It was OK for the media to pursue Former President Clinton year after year for lying about a private, consensual sexual affair, but we have… — Vincent Bugliosi
The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and… — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the… — Fanny Kemble
My former wife is a truly wonderful person. — Burt Lancaster
When no other schools in the Southeastern Conference or the former Southwestern Conference would award them athletic scholarships, African Americans had been recruited by and… — Solomon Ortiz
As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but… — Solomon Ortiz
Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990… — Jeffrey Skilling
In due course, following an additional debriefing, the FBI confirmed to me and to my former counsel, Tom Carter, that I was not a suspect… — Steven Hatfill
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. — Hippocrates

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