Liable Quotes

195 Liable quotes by 166 unique authors

Majorities, as such, afford no guarantees for justice. They are men of the same nature as minorities. They have the same passions for fame, power,… — Lysander Spooner
Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change. — Tom Stoppard
Being no bigot myself, I am disposed to indulge the professors of Christianity in the church that road to heaven which to them shall seem… — George Washington
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce. — Voltaire
If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've left a great present behind. — Tom Wilson
Advisers who think that they are very clever while all around them are a bit thick, and that all the problems of the world would… — Geoff Mulgan
Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for… — Daniel Handler
Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine,… — J D Salinger
Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom. — George Orwell
Giant Wimbleweather burst into one of those not very intelligent laughs to which the nicer sort of Giants are so liable. He checked himself at… — C.S. Lewis
I am lost if I attempt to take count of chronology. When I think over the past, I am like a person whose eyes cannot… — Andre Gide
But he does look stupid.' Yearning. Not stupid. He wants awfully to be on the inside staring out: anybody with their nose pressed against a… — Truman Capote
You learn eventually that, while there are no villains, there are no heroes either. And until you make the final discovery that there are only… — Paul Gallico
Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when… — Gabrielle Zevin
Enjoy yourselves. And Hap: Don't let Umber near the arrows and bows; he's liable to shoot himself in the nose." Dodd grinned and snapped the… — P.W. Catanese
But as de old folk always say, Ah'm born but Ah ain't dead. No tellin' whut Ah'm liable tuh do yet. — Zora Neale Hurston
Look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown? I want Linus to study your face. Now this is what… — Charles M. Schulz
If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils. — P.D. James
Anybody is liable to rheumatism in her legs, Anne. It's only old people who should have rheumatism in their souls, though. Thanks goodness, I never… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
He thought of the jungle, already regrowing around him to cover the scars they had created. He thought of the tiger, killing to eat. Was… — Karl Marlantes
We're human beings we are - all of us - and that's what people are liable to forget. Human beings don't like peace and goodwill… — George Bernard Shaw
Tess had said that the river was liable to wash the palace and the city and the whole kingdom off the rocks, and then there… — Kristin Cashore

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