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548 Makes Them quotes by 480 unique authors

The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves. — Robert Breault
It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a… — B. H. Liddell Hart
You don't need the painful memories, because either you've resolved them. Denying always makes them want to come back. Denial is a mechanism that doesn't… — Charlotte Rampling
There are women who have an indefinable charm in their faces which makes them beautiful to their intimates, but a cold stranger who tried to… — Mark Twain
But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those… — William Carlos Williams
The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language. — Roger Scruton
Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's neighbor.... The push… — John Shelby Spong
If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle. — M H Abrams
I don't believe there's any evidence that credit scoring is a risk factor. What is it about someone having a worse credit score that makes… — Robert Hunter
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great. — Saint Francis de Sales
The sun penetrates crystal and makes it more dazzling. In the same way, the sanctifying Spirit indwells in souls and makes them more radiant. They… — Saint Basil
There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their… — Lyndon B. Johnson
When we mistake what we can know for all there is to know, a healthy appreciation of one's ignorance in the face of a mystery… — Michael Pollan
Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes, true saints are… — Henri Nouwen
People want to buy cheap and sell dear; this by itself makes them countertrend. But the notion of cheapness or dearness must be anchored to… — William Eckhardt
Paralysis, anxiety stomachs, arthritis and many ills and aberrations have been relieved by auditing them. An E-Meter shows them up and makes them confess their… — Lawrence Wright
Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling… — William Wordsworth
The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others to its beliefs,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The tears of childhood fall fast and easily, and evil be to him who makes them flow. — Stephen Leacock
People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting. — Steve Coogan
I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want… — Danielle Dax
Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really… — Tom DeLonge
A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are… — Ann Druyan
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the… — Desiderius Erasmus

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