Half Quotes

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Antiquity! thou wondrous charm, what art thou? that being nothing art everything? When thou wert, thou wert not antiquity - then thou wert nothing, but… — Charles Lamb
No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast, and seeks to wrestle with them,… — Sigmund Freud
The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side; it has revealed to us much about manâ€™s… — Abraham Maslow
Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and… — William James
The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense… — Jacques Barzun
The failure of the reformation to capture France had left for the Frenchmen no half-way house between infallibility and infidelity; and while the intellect of… — Will Durant
Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. — Unknown Author
A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice Â and nothing else. — Raymond Chandler
The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure… — Raymond Chandler
Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. — Margaret Fuller
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the… — Valentina Tereshkova
For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude… — Isaac Babel
Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour â€” write, write, write. — Madeleine L'Engle
The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or… — Brian Aldiss
To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have… — Simone de Beauvoir
A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill. — Mike Royko
I haven't seen a half-monkey, half person yet. — Glenn Beck
I don't think we came from monkeys. I think that's ridiculous. I haven't seen a half-monkey, half-person yet. — Glenn Beck
Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. — Bob Filner

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