Mark Quotes

2058 Mark quotes by 1489 unique authors

Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not… — Samuel Johnson
We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
The stars are the land-marks of the universe. — John Herschel
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. — Jean de la Bruyere
There is little doubt that, until 1846 when he helped to engineer the resignation of Robert Peel, Disraeli was driven by an ambition to make… — Christopher Hibbert
Before the land rose out of the ocean, and became dry land, chaos reigned; and between high and low water mark, where she is partially… — Henry David Thoreau
The mark of an educated man is not in his boast that he has built his mountain of facts and has stood on top of… — Unknown Author
The value of the creative faculty derives from the fact that faculty is the primary mark of man. To deprive man of its exercise is… — Eric Gill
It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but conservative scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with the preconceived idea… — Arthur C. Clarke
An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will. — Anne M. Mulcahy
If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we… — Richard J. Foster
Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business. — Martin Lewis Perl
Mark Hughes crossed every I and dotted every T. — Robbie Savage
A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again. — Robbie Fowler
Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional peaks… — Unknown Author
Oily marks appear on walls / Where pleasure moments hung before — Imogen Heap
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses. — William Strunk, Jr.
The old structure of the West as a synthesis of classical culture, Christianity, and the impulses of peoples entering history for the Žfirst time has… — Unknown Author
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years.… — Jean Giono
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles and Tolstoy told… — Marchette Chute
There is no way you can use the word “reality” without quotation marks around it. — Joseph Campbell
He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking. — Confucius
As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. — Anthony Bourdain
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely. — Sophocles

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