Honorable Quotes

377 quotes by 308 authors

The conviction: I will not tolerate this age. The freedom: the freedom to act on my conviction. And I will act. No one else has… — Walker Percy
It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and… — Edward Everett
I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977 I shall be… — Mark Twain
Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality. — Publilius Syrus
To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the… — Aleister Crowley
Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows. — Cardinal Richelieu
The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years. — Aneurin Bevan
I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was… — Rooney Mara
There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. — Ted Rall
No government likes the clever and the honorable men, because it is impossible to bridle them; they are independent! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession. — Moss Hart
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. — Akio Morita
I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment. — Angelina Grimke
Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have… — Russell Banks
Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government.… — Jack Abramoff
It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal… — Peter Criss
Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's… — Russ Feingold
There's something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there… — Judd Apatow
You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how… — James Carville

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