High Sounding Quotes

12 quotes by 12 authors

• We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. — Abigail Adams
• What a delight it is to think that you are quietly & philosophically at work in the pursuit of science... rather than fighting amongst the… — Michael Faraday
• One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name. — Albert Einstein
• In practice [monetary management] is merely a high-sounding euphemism for continuous currency debasement. It consists of constant lying in order to support constant swindling. Instead… — Henry Hazlitt
• Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us… — Pope Pius X
• It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will… — Swami Vivekananda
• If the church is what it should be, young people will be there. But they will not just 'be there' - they will be there… — Francis Schaeffer
• Bourgeois democracy is democracy of pompous phrases, solemn words, exuberant promises and the high-sounding slogans of freedom and equality. But, in fact, it screens the… — Vladimir Lenin
• A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties',… — Florence Nightingale
• Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty… — Barbara Mertz
• The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word… — William Jennings Bryan
• O Fame! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes… — Lord Byron

Who Wrote These High Sounding Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 12 High Sounding Quotes as follows:

• 1 High Sounding Quote by Abigail Adams
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Michael Faraday
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Albert Einstein
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Henry Hazlitt
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Pope Pius X
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Swami Vivekananda
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Francis Schaeffer
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Vladimir Lenin
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Florence Nightingale
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Barbara Mertz
• 1 High Sounding Quote by William Jennings Bryan
• 1 High Sounding Quote by Lord Byron