Incorrigible Quotes

24 Incorrigible quotes by 23 unique authors

Others are to us like the characters in fiction, eternal and incorrigible; the surprises they give us turn out in the end to have been… — Mary McCarthy
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. — A. E. Housman
The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, but his incorrigible tendency to parasitism. — William Ralph Inge
That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome. — Charles Caleb Colton
The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The notion that persons should be safe from extermination as long as they do not commit willful murder, or levy war against the Crown, or… — George Bernard Shaw
The gambling reasoner is incorrigible; if he would but take to the squaring of the circle, what a load of misery would be saved. — Augustus De Morgan
If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market… — Joseph Epstein
Even the most incorrigible maverick has to be born somewhere. He may leave the group that produced him-he may be forced to-but nothing will efface… — James A. Baldwin
The attitude of Communists towards any person who has made mistakes in his work should be one of persuasion in order to help him change… — Mao Zedong
Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the… — Vincent de Paul
Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of… — William Hazlitt
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. — Albert Einstein
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. — John Updike
They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose. — Albert Camus
On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is… — Albert Camus
As objects of contemplation, images of the atrocious can answer to several different needs. To steel oneself against weakness. To make oneself more numb. To… — Susan Sontag
So what name would you rather I call you? she asked as she headed out of the parking lot. Ias or Alexion. He gave her… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Early in my school career, I turned out to be an incorrigible disciplinary problem. I could understand what the teacher was saying as fast as… — Isaac Asimov
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me… — Aaron Sanchez
Inherently within the temperamental soul of humanity lies a shivering and thoroughly jealous irrational thought of death. Life has such a fickle intense passion, always… — Johnny Luckett

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