Owes Quotes

279 Owes quotes by 230 unique authors

Man â€” despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments â€” owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the… — Paul Harvey
There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you… — Theodore Newton Vail
A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse nature by knowing that it owes thanks to some one. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living. — Harry Crews
He is likely to remain the one historian of the Sierra; he imported into his view the imagination of the poet and the reverence of… — Robert Underwood Johnson
Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. — William Cowper
The importance of an individual thinker owes something to chance. For it depends upon the fate of his ideas in the minds of his successors. — Alfred North Whitehead
You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an… — Herbert Hoover
The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one… — Judith Martin
A pleasant comedy, which paints the manners of the age, and exposes a faithful picture of nature, is a durable work, and is transmitted to… — David Hume
Monotheism owes its existence not to philosophic speculation about the nature of reality or knowledge or virtue, but to acceptance of reality identified with a… — Israel Shenker
All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to… — Aprilynne Pike
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just… — Elihu Root
It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. — William Weld
You'll see a lot more blood in 'Saw' movies or something like that than you will in either of the 'Last House' movies. I kind… — Garret Dillahunt
I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and… — Steve Daines
You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor, but he's a little smart for you to fool. — Jimmy Buffett
The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which… — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he… — William Shakespeare
Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of… — Mark Kirk

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