Half Quotes

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Great political questions stir the deepest nature of one-half the nation, but they pass far above and over the heads of the other half. — Wendell Phillips
Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government… — Gore Vidal
Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is… — Thomas Paine
The New Testament never simply says, "Remember Jesus Christ." That is a half-finished sentence. It says, "Remember Jesus Christ is risen from the dead." — Robert Runcie
He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who… — Sinclair Lewis
Better far off to leave half the ruins and nine-tenths of the churches unseen and to see well the rest; to see them not once,… — Augustus Hare
The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and… — E. P. Thompson
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. — Coventry Patmore
There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths. — Alfred North Whitehead
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy with the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. — Mark Twain
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down, half-finished loves. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Because of some defect in my motor skill, I can never COMPLETELY wrap [gifts]....If I had been an ancient Egyptian in the field of mummies,… — Dave Barry
There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when… — Orison Swett Marden
Courage in danger is half the battle. — Plautus
Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. — John Gielgud
The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You've got to give them a year and a… — Bill Murray
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45… — Robert Penn Warren
Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. — Robert Southey
Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn… — Terry Kath
I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true. — Mark Twain
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear; about two of them nothing can be… — Winston Churchill
We spend the early years feeding our brains with information and the latter half trying not to think about it all. — George Carlin

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