Hardly Quotes

1520 Hardly quotes by 1098 unique authors

Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch. — Tim McCarver
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband. — Samuel Richardson
Ontological questions are generally beside the point, hardly more than a form of harassment. — Noam Chomsky
When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious. — Abraham Verghese
Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so… — Paul Valery
A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must… — Henry David Thoreau
When you are starting away, leaving your more familiar fields, for a little adventure like a walk, you look at every object with a traveler's,… — Henry David Thoreau
I support, defend, and admire prostitutes, gay or straight. They do important and necessary work, whether moralists of the Left and Right like it or… — Camille Paglia
While contemporary non-Evangelicals have virtually reduced faith to 'courageous ignorance,' Evangelicals have hardly been faithful in defending God's objective communication of truth. — Ronald H. Nash
My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I… — Jo Nesbo
Becoming a vegan gave me another opportunity to live a healthy life. I was so congested from all the drugs and bad cocaine, I could… — Mike Tyson
When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but if he loves to say what he likes only, then… — Unknown Author
If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability. — Wen Jiabao
It is inescapable that Ringo was the catalyst for the others. He certainly completed the jigsaw and The Beatles, with Ringo, became a magnet for… — Brian Epstein
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask… — D. H. Lawrence
A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all. — Todd Solondz
Asked if Stalin was an antisemite, Robert Conquest replied: Yes, but it hardly noticed. He was broadly and generously anti-human. — John Derbyshire
To persuade thinking persons in Eastern Europe that Central American Marxists - the Sandinistas, the guerillas in El Salvador - are in absurd and tragic… — Michael Novak
Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. In the historical scheme, pedal power hardly… — Richard Ballantine
And some can pot begonias and some can bud a rose, And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows... — Rudyard Kipling
It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the… — Desiderius Erasmus
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly… — Norman Douglas
Party organization matters. When the door of a smoke-filled room is closed, there's hardly ever a woman inside. — Millicent Fenwick
The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand… — Laozi

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