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- 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… — 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… — Henry Hazlitt
- Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It… — 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… — Swami Vivekananda
- If the church is what it should be, young people will be there. But they will not just 'be there' - they… — 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,… — Vladimir Lenin
- A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it.… — 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… — Barbara Mertz
- The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis,"… — 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… — Lord Byron