Marks Quotes

550 quotes by 472 authors

Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else. — Ugo Betti
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek… — Steven Biko
I don't like to fly. I've never been a good flyer. I have a lot of friends that have permanent nail marks in their arms...… — Sandra Bullock
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control… — Lord Byron
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness. — William Arthur Ward
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific… — David Lack
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history. — Isaac Newton
It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life… — Oswald Chambers
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking… — Kurt Lewin
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you are capable of… — Evgeni Plushenko
Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never silent. But its… — Henry Ward Beecher
Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity in their infancy,… — Olive Schreiner
Time marks us while we are marking time. — Theodore Roethke
Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love… — Dianne Feinstein
Our use of phrase 'The Dark ages' to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe... — Bertrand Russell
The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or both. — Thorstein Veblen
The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing. — Bill Vaughan
Marriage marks the end of many short follies - being one long stupidity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could… — Paul de Man

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