Notions Quotes

289 quotes by 254 authors

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to… — Marcus Aurelius
If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal. — Brigitte Bardot
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. — Aphra Behn
'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to amuse myself with… — Cyrano de Bergerac
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. — Sandra Bullock
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based… — Sandra Bullock
Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can… — Nick Cave
As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference… — John Henrik Clarke
Congressional mistakes have dramatically increased immigration through a series of what I believe were ill-advised actions going back to 1965 when the basic notions of… — Ronald Reagan
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready… — Adam Clarke
One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by… — Thomas Sowell
Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish,… — Dwight L. Moody
The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . . — Arthur Conan Doyle
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity… — Oscar Wilde
No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of… — Samuel Johnson
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless… — George Santayana
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. — Mary Browne
Theories are usually the over-hasty efforts of an impatient understanding that would gladly be rid of phenomena, and so puts in their place pictures, notions,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People who are very aware that they have more knowledge than the average person are often very unaware that they do not have one-tenth of… — Thomas Sowell
No one has yet been found so firm of mind and purpose as resolutely to compel himself to sweep away all theories and common notions,… — Francis Bacon

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