Neglect Quotes

648 quotes by 487 authors

In philosophy equally as in poetry it is the highest and most useful prerogative of genius to produce the strongest impressions of novelty, while it… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Seldom can philosophic genius be more usefully employed than in thus rescuing admitted truths from the neglect caused by the very circumstance of their universal… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. — James Anthony Froude
Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of… — Martha Gellhorn
I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment… — Kenny Guinn
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. — Confucius
If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defense… — Alan Dershowitz
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while… — Diogenes
A man should never neglect his family for business. — Walt Disney
It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs. — Marguerite Duras
Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to… — Havelock Ellis
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future. — Euripides
Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention. — Tom Harkin
I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due… — Friedrich August von Hayek
People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying… — Keith Henson
He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the… — Damien Hirst
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live. — Samuel Johnson
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. — Rose Kennedy

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