Objectionable Quotes

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Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A… — Annie Besant
Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of… — Ambrose Bierce
There are female dandies as well as clothes-wearing men; and the former are as objectionable as the latter. — Thomas Carlyle
... what we should be looking for is fresh ideas of how we make moral decisions about our dealings with one another, economic, social, cultural.… — Davis McCaughey
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be… — David Brin
I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that… — John Maynard Keynes
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what… — Hal Holbrook
But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but… — B.F. Skinner
Consider the sexual harassment which continually occurs between a secretary and a boss . . . while objectionable to many women, [it] is not a… — Walter Block
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the… — Max Born
Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it.… — Victor Davis Hanson
In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence. — Laurence J. Peter
DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another. — Ambrose Bierce
Insects influenced the shape of the Australian house. Some, like the white ant and lthe Lyctus borer, worked quietly and invisibly until a little shower… — Robin Boyd
Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult. Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself find many -… — Fran Lebowitz
Yes, and the body has a memory. The physical carriage hauls more than its weight. The body is the threshold across which each objectionable call… — Claudia Rankine
Absolutism is a guarantee of objectionable morals in the same way that absolutism in government is a guarantee of objectionable government. — Robert Briffault
Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others. — Richard Perle
A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.''… — Woodrow Wilson
The idealist's program of political or economic reform may be impracticable, absurd, demonstrably ridiculous; but it can never be successfully opposed merely by pointing out… — Charles Horton Cooley

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