Neglect Quotes

648 Neglect quotes by 487 unique authors

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
Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect. — Nicholas D. Kristof
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as… — John A. Logan
I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the… — Wynton Marsalis
Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we… — Nathan Myhrvold
The only solution to the violence problem in America is a return to traditional parental involvement. This should be encouraged by every elected official. Also,… — Bill O'Reilly
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And… — Barack Obama
In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck… — Rick Perry
Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. — Colin Powell
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect or… — Dan Savage

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