Outright Quotes
97 quotes by 92 authors
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among…
— Bob Beauprez
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Your mental attitude is someting you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude - your mental attitude…
— Napoleon Hill
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I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
— Jean Rostand
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Since outright slavery has been discredited, "democracy" is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept.
— Joseph Sobran
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Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by…
— Martin Gardner
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Art... does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
— Agnes Repplier
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If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr.…
— Dianne Feinstein
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You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up…
— Nikita Khrushchev
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For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and…
— Ronald Reagan
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The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important', of course, depends…
— Howard Zinn
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The bombing in Oklahoma City has focused renewed attention on the rhetoric that’s been coming from the right and those who cater to angry white…
— Bryant Gumbel
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When I was young and very green, I worte that tune, Sister Kate, and someone said that's fine, let me publish it for you. I'll…
— Louis Armstrong
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When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty.We need to execute people like John Walker…
— Ann Coulter
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Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.
— Olusegun Obasanjo
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Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most…
— Joyce Thompson
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God doesn't promise security from life's storms but security in life's storms. God doesn't always call the equipped, but he will always equip the called.…
— Helen Keller
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I weep when I see these videos that are sent to me from all over the country. Whole groups of bodies jerking out of control,…
— David Wilkerson
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God does not leave you wondering whether you are saved or not. He tells you outright that you are His and that nothing can ever…
— Joseph Prince
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Let me ask you outright, gentle reader, if there have not been hours, indeed whole days and weeks of your life, during which all your…
— E T A Hoffmann
Who Wrote These Outright Quotes
92 authors contributed a total of 97 Outright Quotes, led by these top contributors: