Noxious Quotes

44 quotes by 40 authors

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth. — William O. Douglas
The toad has indeed no superior as a destroyer of noxious insects, and he possesses no bad habits and is entirely inoffensive himself, every owner… — Celia Thaxter
But what is coffee, but a noxious berry, Born to keep used-up Londoners awake? — Charles Stuart Calverley
India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its… — Pranab Mukherjee
Idleness is the grand Pacific Ocean of life, and in that stagnant abyss the most salutary things produce no good, the most noxious no evil.… — Charles Caleb Colton
But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse; Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we… — Alexander Pope
There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms, and would not… — Robert Byrd
But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill the fish in… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and obsolete virtue; but… — Theodore Roosevelt
If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage. — Sylvia Earle
Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid… — Sylvia Earle
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. — William Howard Taft
To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to take, be sure of it. To live idle upon the substance of society!… — Victor Hugo
Often we take personally the slings and arrows of our 'abusers'. But frequently we are merely the interchangeable pawns of their own neurotic dramas. Anyone… — Brian Weiss
Pain is what I feed from when nothing else will nourish the noxious fury in my heart. Itâ€™s what I cling to when everything elseâ€”everyone… — Rachel Vincent
Or at school you might have been prodded to come â€œout of your shellâ€â€”that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry… — Susan Cain
In the vaults of our hearts and brains, danger waits. All the chambers are not lovely, light and high. There are holes in the floor… — Thomas Harris
The earth flourishes, or is overrun with noxious weeds and brambles, as we apply or withhold the cultivating hand. So fares it with the intellectual… — Horace Mann
It feels like an easy sum to gauge the balance between forests and, say, the proliferating free newspapers that litter our public transport. This noxious… — Tristram Stuart

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