Hardly Quotes

1520 Hardly quotes by 1098 unique authors

When we hear (as we sometimes do) that (Russia's) economic output is about half the level of a decade ago or that real incomes have… — Margaret Thatcher
We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me. — Gary Kemp
Hardly one soldier in a hundred was inspired by religious feeling of even the crudest kind. It would have been difficult to remain religious in… — Robert Graves
The people come from everywhere, from five hundred miles, to find their fortunes. By fortune is an ugly, two-faced goddess. When you have lived with… — Glen Cook
In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle. — Sri Yukteswar Giri
Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part. — Hermann Broch
Oh, how much mercy have I received the year past! How often has God caused His goodness to pass before me! And how poorly have… — David Brainerd
Any day you had gym class was a weird school day. It started off normal. You had English, Social Studies, Geometry, then suddenly your in… — Jerry Seinfeld
One may prefer spring and summer to autumn and winter, but preference is hardly to the point. The earth turns, and we live in the… — Robert Hass
Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I hardly painted at all for… — Helen Frankenthaler
I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly. — Franklin Knight Lane
One's sentiments -- call them that -- one's fidelities are so instinctive that one hardly knows they exist: only when they are betrayed or, worse… — Elizabeth Bowen
The writer, like a swimmer caught by an undertow, is borne in an unexpected direction. He is carried to a subject which has awaited him--a… — Elizabeth Bowen
Premature as the question may be, it is hardly possible not to wonder whether we will find any answer to our deepest questions, any signs… — Steven Weinberg
What is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of… — Jacques Attali
In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there will… — Frederick Buechner
People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they… — Stephen Covey
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a… — Walter Bagehot
Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play. — Michel de Montaigne
I remember being in China and realising how irrelevant not even Britain is, but also Europe. We're just another remote country that hardly impinges on… — Clive Anderson
I need not add that freedom is a dangerous thing. But it is hardly possible that we are all cowards. — Jack Parsons
In economic life competition is never completely lacking, but hardly ever is it perfect. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step. — Thomas a Kempis
Charity is reaching into one's own pockets to assist his fellow man in need. Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly… — Walter E. Williams
I'll do what little I can in writing. Only it will be very little. I'm not capable of it; and if I were, you would… — James Agee

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