Noted Quotes

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Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. — Ambrose Bierce
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place. — Stephen Ambrose
To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully noted by the general who has attained a responsible post. — Sun Tzu
A philosopher once noted that people long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon. — David Niven
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and… — George S. Patton
To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behavior but only one species of animal ever, so far as we know, has… — Stephen Fry
Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar scale, is then… — Charles Francis Richter
If a blending of individualism and of cooperative participation is a prerequisite to a democratic solution of the problems of a society of free men,… — Marshall Field
...as our friend Zach has often noted, in our days those who do the best for astronomy are not the salaried university professors, but so-called… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the… — Michael Shermer
The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this very principle of… — Ronald Takaki
If everything is noted, all your emotional difficulties will disappear. When you feel happy, don't get involved in happiness. When you feel sad, don't get… — Dipa Ma
While there are many who would say that the race to the moon was hardly green, many others have noted that the photographs brought back… — John F. Kennedy
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to… — Nathaniel Borenstein
I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are… — Carl Jung
The ever-present phenomenon ceases to exist for our senses. It was a city dweller, or a prisoner, or a blind man suddenly given his sight,… — Remy de Gourmont
When the anger is intense, the person with Asperger's syndrome may be in a 'blind rage' and unable to see the signals indicating that it… — Tony Attwood

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