Mine Quotes

4918 Mine quotes by 2792 unique authors

But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands. — Dorothy Dunnett
H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed,… — Robert Higgs
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and… — John Hersey
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when… — Billy Eckstine
I used to say to my dad, 'How did you and Mom stay married for all this time?' and he'd say, 'Two things. Number one:… — Gwyneth Paltrow
It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did… — Rosamund Pike
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige… — Seneca the Younger
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ… — Matthew Sweet
I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair. — Howell Raines
I and a friend of mine called Mannon talked together, and we both decided to walk this journey. — Satish Kumar
Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. — William Shakespeare
Perhaps the greatest challenge has been trying to keep my time to myself and my private life private in order to do my job. Everything… — Sandra Cisneros
A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart.… — Christine Lahti
I asked a coughing friend of mine why he doesn't stop smoking. 'In this town it wouldn't do any good,' he explained. 'I happen to… — Robert Sylvester
That Ted Turner is a genius...He has taken what used to be a carnival side show and turned it into a gold mine. Yes -… — Samantha Barks
A friend of mine called and said they're interested in having you do a song for the new Pokemon. All my kids are grown up,… — Donna Summer
I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine. — Missy Elliot
I am not of Virginia blood; she is of mine. — Joshua Chamberlain
I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry beds,… — A. A. Gill
Today I accidentally stepped on a snail on the sidewalk in front of our house. And I thought, I too am like that snail. I… — Jack Handey
I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of… — Grace Abbott
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own: he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for… — Horace
For mine is the old belief... There is a soil in every leaf. — Maturin Murray Ballou
If I had a mine shaft, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. — Jack Handey
We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair… — William Allen White

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