Mainly Quotes

555 Mainly quotes by 466 unique authors

If I were asked ... to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a… — George Santayana
And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference. — Susan Griffin
Although humans tend to view sex as mainly a fun recreational activity sometimes resulting in death, in nature it is a far more serious matter. — Dave Barry
Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study. — Timothy Keller
Art is mainly about wrestling with material reality, not striving after a spiritual ideal. — Calvin Seerveld
The potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain.… — Jeremy Grantham
One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right… — Eula Biss
The reality is that it is mainly a Republican scandal for several reasons. — Larry Noble
Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted. — John Ruskin
I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather. — Unknown Author
We owe much to the fruitful meditation of our sages, but a sane view of life is, after all, elaborated mainly in the kitchen. — Joseph Conrad
Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that you are supposed… — George Lakoff
Ultimately, we become aware of most of what is going on within us mainly through the muscles. — Moshe Feldenkrais
We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! — Frederick Douglass
Traveling around, it's difficult to follow much TV. Mainly I'm somebody who watches sports. — Retief Goosen
Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the journey… — Dennis Stock
Our business is not based on having information about you. Youâ€™re not our product. Our product are these, and this watch, and Macs, and so… — Tim Cook
At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human… — Egon Schiele
The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a duty to vote.… — Hunter S. Thompson

Who Wrote These Mainly Quotes

466 authors contributed a total of 555 Mainly Quotes, led by these top contributors: