Mainly Quotes

555 Mainly quotes by 466 unique authors

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves.... It is in fact… — Kurt Vonnegut
How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the… — Julian Barnes
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and… — Viktor E. Frankl
Mainly because people were what they were and you couldn't change them. most of the time, they couldn't change themselves, even if they were desperate… — Charles Frazier
Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst,… — James A. Baldwin
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.… — Mark Twain
The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list… — Gail Carriger
[...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient… — Frederick Douglass
There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
In New York I'd go to the movies three or four times a week. Here I've upped it to six or seven, mainly because I'm… — David Sedaris
Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts, religion deals… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is true that we do not recognize greatness among us. Our measurements of importance are generally faulty and speak mainly to the superficialities of… — Haki R. Madhubuti
Adrian sifted through the bags and pulled out a slice of coconut cream. "If I were a dragon, this is what I'd go for." I… — Richelle Mead
A job is a vocation only if someone else calls you to do it for them rather than for yourself. And so our work can… — Timothy Keller
The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet… — Mark Twain
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry;… — Albert Einstein
The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time has gone by; for nearly half a century almost its… — Mark Twain
Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control where certain basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education… — Winston Churchill
Haven't we all heard some irritating person saying that if so-and-so is elected, then he/she is absolutely definitely leaving the country? There must be some… — Christopher Hitchens
I tend to follow a very nocturnal sort of existence mainly because I don't much care for sunlight. Bright colors of any kind depress me,… — Glenn Gould
Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. — Bertrand Russell
"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because… — Mao Zedong
The People's democratic dictatorship is based on the alliance of the working class, the peasantry and the urban petty bourgeoisie, and mainly on the alliance… — Mao Zedong
Writing, I explained, was mainly an attempt to out-argue one's past; to present events in such a light that battles lost in life were either… — Jules Feiffer
I liked painting and drawing, and I liked humanities mainly - poetry, literature - this speculative attitude toward life. — Rafael Moneo

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