Formidable Quotes

152 quotes by 127 authors

My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life… — Anthony Minghella
The novel is a formidable mass, and it is so amorphous - no mountain in it to climb, no Parnassus or Helicon, not even a… — E. M. Forster
As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all… — Zola Jesus
Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius. — Jon Brion
Natural hazards, however formidable, are inherently less dangerous and less uncertain than fighting hazards. All conditions are more calculable, all obstacles more surmountable than those… — B. H. Liddell Hart
It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over… — Eric Hoffer
I can no more explain why I like "natural history" than why I like California canned peaches; nor why I do not care for that… — Theodore Roosevelt
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their… — Samuel Adams
Philip Kitcher has composed the most formidable defense of the secular view of life since Dewey. Unlike almost all of contemporary atheism, Life After Faith… — Leon Wieseltier
The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. — Charles Caleb Colton
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force. — Andrew Cuomo
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. — Marlene Dietrich
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. — Benjamin Disraeli
A fragrance that matches the personality of the man or woman who wears it is an integral part of the memory that you have of… — Dree Hemingway
The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person. — Eric Hoffer
I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable, giant personality such… — Anthony Hopkins
This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill… — Charles Krauthammer

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