Hardly Quotes

1520 Hardly quotes by 1098 unique authors

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. — Marcel Proust
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider… — John Ruskin
Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. — Marquis de Sade
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. — Carl Sagan
It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it. — J D Salinger
Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does. — Paul Samuelson
For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. — Albert Schweitzer
An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as… — Robert Schumann
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. — George Bernard Shaw
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days. — Gene Simmons
I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone… — Robert Smith
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due. — Sydney Smith
Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define… — Wole Soyinka
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. — Alexis de Tocqueville
There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V… — Alexis de Tocqueville
If Margaret Thatcher took climate change seriously and believed that we should take action to reduce global greenhouse emissions, then taking action and supporting and… — Malcolm Turnbull
As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. — Anthony Trollope
I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself. — Tim Vine
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail. — Lech Walesa
We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in… — H.G. Wells
I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly… — Vivienne Westwood
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. — Tennessee Williams

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