Glib Quotes
27 quotes by 27 authors
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When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets…
— William James
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Go your way, seducers, flatterers, idlers, those glib of tongue and charlatans; I am not a seed that you can force to grow; my goal…
— Dominique Fernandez
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I have often heard, "I love God but just don't like His people." This may sound glib, but as John explained, this is a basic…
— Rick Joyner
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There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run…
— Robert Andrews Millikan
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If you are never satisfied with what you write, that is a good sign. It means that your vision can see so far that it's…
— Brenda Ueland
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Many a man, brought up in the glib profession of some shallow form of Christianity, who comes through reading Astronomy to realize for the first…
— C.S. Lewis
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I have a big personality, and I think big personality plus blond hair makes me come across as glib. With dark hair, people look at…
— Brooke Burns
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I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib.
— Eric Bogosian
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The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet, challenging us to be true to ourselves by appeals to the…
— Benjamin Cardozo
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Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him ... a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib ... The Bible calls…
— Hal Lindsey
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The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is a place where…
— Wes Jackson
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History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.
— Elvis Costello
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Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when…
— David First
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Many of my friends back in New York and elsewhere have a glib or dismissive attitude toward Los Angeles. It's a place of strip malls…
— Moby
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'Brave' is one of those words that has been bleached of most of its meaning these days, thanks to far too many appearances in the…
— Susan Orlean
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I can be glib and truthful all at once.
— Richard Russo
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I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to…
— Paul Johnson
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Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.
— Aleister Crowley
Who Wrote These Glib Quotes
27 authors contributed a total of 27 Glib Quotes, led by these top contributors: