Gained Quotes

694 Gained quotes by 572 unique authors

Norway is pretty forward thinking in terms of gender equality, but we don't seem to practice it as well as we think. I'm constantly thinking:… — Jenny Hval
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. — Sigmund Freud
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. — Thomas Fuller
I used to be really cute. I could send you earlier photos where I'm stunning. But I've gained about twenty pounds over the past two… — Zach Galifianakis
That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has… — Stone Gossard
Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made. — Bill Cosby
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of… — Benjamin Disraeli
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. — Arthur Conan Doyle
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai. — Ralph Fiennes
The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in… — Marilyn Hacker
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles… — Dag Hammarskjold
I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and… — Tom Hanks
Yeah! I got type-two diabetes! I'm sure there's going to be some media scandal now, saying I got it because I gained and lost weight… — Tom Hanks
I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 and I'm… — Brian Harvey
The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. — Cullen Hightower
We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners… — Judy Holliday
I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others. — Jesse Jackson
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. — William James
The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. — Thomas Jefferson

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