Greater Part Quotes

100 quotes by 72 authors

It is an irrational claim to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and at the same time to hold that the greater part of… — Swami Vivekananda
Any river is really the summation of the whole valley. To think of it as nothing but water is to ignore the greater part. — Hal Borland
The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
What I feel is that the picture-taking process, anyway a greater part of it, is an intuitive thing. You can't go out and logically plan… — Wynn Bullock
The mystery of life--its inexplicability, beauty, cruelty, tenderness, folly . . . has occupied the greater part of my waking thoughts; and in reverence or… — Theodore Dreiser
The fighting was fierce and lasted for the greater part of a day; blood ran in rivers. — Matthew of Edessa
I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as… — Corliss Lamont
I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres of labor the… — J. D. Sedding
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. — Joseph Priestley
The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people. — Ezra Stiles
I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the… — Thomas Sydenham
Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
I played volleyball for the greater part of my life, since I was 11 or 12 years. — Summer Altice
Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment… — Henry David Thoreau
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress. — Seneca the Younger
The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing. — Alan Watts
The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man. — Madame de Stael
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the greater part of the men… — George Catlin
The greater part of human misery is caused by indolence. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

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