Latitude Quotes

54 quotes by 49 authors

I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality. — Thomas Jefferson
Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that… — George Bernard Shaw
When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch… — Mark Twain
3HO is a family of healthy, happy, and holy people. Do you understand the word "family"? If, under all longitudes and latitudes, we keep our… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Mothers unconsciously allow more latitude to sons, and open encouragement, and with daughters they treat them as they would treat themselves. — Susie Orbach
....that the mounds of ices, and the bowls of mint-julep and sherry cobbler they make in these latitudes, are refreshments never to be thought of… — Charles Dickens
No man will subject himself to the ridicule of pretending that any natural connection subsists between the sun or the seasons, and the period within… — James Madison
Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence… — Kim Stanley
Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their… — Daniel Gillies
But enough is enough. One turns at last even from glory itself with a sigh of relief. From the depths of mystery, and even from… — Annie Dillard
Women, are a map, Avik. You've got to understand their longitude, and how much latitude you can take. — Walter Russell
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you are gravelled for… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
I circumnavigate the globe with a one-liner like latitude. — Ras Kass
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude… — Edward Snowden
Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever
Listen to it, and you are hearing the mighty currents of the air rushing down the latitudes of the earth, currents from the Mackenzie and… — Hal Borland
Winters with strong frost and lots of snow like we had 20 years ago will cease to exist at our latitudes. — Mojib Latif
It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of… — William H. Seward
In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Greatâ€™s expanding Russia, bigger than Songhay… — Charles C. Mann
From the days when it was always summer in Eden, to these days when it is mostly winter in fallen latitudes, the world of a… — Charles Dickens

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