Frequently Quotes

821 quotes by 623 authors

So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time. — Thomas S. Monson
I realize that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently… — Georg Cantor
I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who do not exist.… — Mavis Gallant
And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear,… — Ann Radcliffe
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. — Adam Clarke
Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Empathy frequently informs our earliest days with our infants as we try to figure out what they need, how to comfort and satisfy them. — Unknown Author
One of the significant facts about the moment of birth is that it is an unconscious moment. No one ever knows when he is being… — Sterling W Sill
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is… — George Washington
Fate has never ladled out hardship very evenly, and this frequently trips our often infantile sense of justice. — Jim Harrison
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness. — Baron de Montesquieu
Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to… — Edward Sapir
This passion, so unordered and yet so potent, explains the capacity for teaching that one frequently observes in scientific men of high attainments in their… — H. L. Mencken
To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its… — Anne Lamott
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental… — Andrew Solomon
Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to… — Charles Schumer
Significant progress in the solutions of technical problems is frequently made not by a direct approach, but by first setting a goal of high challenge… — Ernst Stuhlinger
Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure… — Blaise Pascal
They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it. — Fanny Kemble
At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my entire life, I… — Pema Chodron

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