Makes Quotes
16583 quotes by 8701 authors
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
— Hannah Arendt
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good…
— Aristotle
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Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing.
— Paul Auster
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a…
— Matthew Arnold
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
— Mary Kay Ash
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
— Arthur Ashe
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual…
— David Attenborough
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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
— David Attenborough
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
— Saint Augustine
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after…
— Marcus Aurelius
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There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.
— Paul Auster
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I like the sound a typewriter makes.
— Paul Auster
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents…
— Diane Ackerman
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I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't sound very hot to me.
— Jensen Ackles
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Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
— Richard Bach
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That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a…
— Sebastian Bach
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