Gratuitous Quotes
58 quotes by 51 authors
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My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.
— Michael Biehn
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Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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I went in and said, "If I see one more gratuitous shot of a woman's body, I'm quitting . . . " I think the…
— David Hasselhoff
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A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a…
— David Steindl-Rast
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When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on…
— Tom Robbins
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If everything in chemistry is explained in a satisfactory manner without the help of phlogiston, it is by that reason alone infinitely probable that the…
— Antoine Lavoisier
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Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes…
— Marquis de Sade
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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
— William James
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Government, on their part, are much disposed to favor the establishment of these large companies, and to give them privileges to the detriment of their…
— Antoine Destutt de Tracy
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I never want to do nudity that’s gratuitous. Girls look so much better in lingerie or a t-shirt and leave the rest up to the…
— Ashley Benson
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Constrained optimization is the art of compromise between conflicting objectives. This is what design is all about. To find fault with biological design - as…
— William A. Dembski
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous over eating is encouraged so that the…
— Lloyd Kaufman
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I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it…
— Bobby Farrelly
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Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening of doors into…
— Arthur Koestler
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Theres nothing gratuitous about my films.
— Dario Argento
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Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.
— John Calvin
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An old essay by John Updike begins, 'We live in an era of gratuitous inventions and negative improvements.' That language is general and abstract, near…
— John Updike
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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute that…
— Samuel Johnson
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As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed to you by a nursery tale?""I wouldn't…
— Jim Butcher
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