Mark Quotes

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For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect… — Aristotle
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. — Lionel Trilling
I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I… — J M Coetzee
Ash on an old man's sleeve / Is all the ash the burnt roses leave, / Dust in the air suspended / Marks the place… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
It took me thirty-six years; and, in some fifty stories, ranging in length from short-shorts to novels, I think I must have touched, in one… — Isaac Asimov
Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of… — Michael Morpurgo
One of the marks of our world is perhaps this reversal: we live according to a generalized image-repertoire. Consider the United Sates, where everything is… — Roland Barthes
Brilliant. . . . Marriage Confidential is both laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-out-loud shocking, and nothing less than a Feminine Mystique for our time. Mark my… — Debby Applegate
The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person, — Nelson Mandela
Being true to one's duty is a mark of true disciples of the Lord and the children of God. Be valiant in your duty. Stay… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges dead on their backs, and… — Hilary Mantel
Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy, — Joe Biden
When a manâ€™s heart is cold and unconcerned about religion â€“ when his hands are never employed in doing Godâ€™s work â€“ when his feet… — J C Ryle
Powerful people come from all walks of life and leave their mark upon the world in a variety of ways. But one thing is common… — Chris Kilham
A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt. — Arthur Schopenhauer
All our science calculates with abstracted individual external marks, which do not touch the inner existence of any single thing — Johann Gottfried Herder
It's easy to slide into believing you're the hypnotist here, the mirage master, the smart cookie who knows what's real and how all the tricks… — Tana French
The mark of the superior thinker is his or her ability to accurately predict the consequences of doing or not doing something. — Brian Tracy
I never got a pass mark in math... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books. Funny me consorting with all… — M.C. Escher

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