Harmless Quotes

210 quotes by 190 authors

The biggest problem about looking at a problem is looking at it. When we finally find or face it, it becomes harmless and easy to… — Robert Scheid
Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to be. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When blended with sexuality, the death instinct is transformed into more harmless impulses expressed in sadism or masochism. — Erich Fromm
The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to… — Muriel Spark
Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words. — Samuel Johnson
Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and… — George Santayana
If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or… — Aleister Crowley
Where'd the days go, when all we did was play? And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all just a run and… — Paolo Nutini
Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors… — Amy Waldman
I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some… — Sandra Steingraber
His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. — Samuel Johnson
One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that… — Richard Rohr
Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive… — Hugh Mackay
Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them. — Josh Billings
Harmless and innocent until they're taught to be violent and militant. — LL Cool J
A propos of Distempers, I am going to tell you a thing that I am sure will make you wish your selfe here. The Small… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. — Gerry Rafferty
I'm not over-reacting, but I do think people have to be a bit cautious when they say all kind of activities associated with witchcraft are… — Peter Hollingworth
Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs… — Peter Dobereiner

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