Pedigree Quotes
37 quotes by 35 authors
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Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
— Charles Darwin
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Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.
— Jon Bon Jovi
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More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied…
— Samuel Johnson
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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
— Samuel Johnson
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Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.
— George Bernard Shaw
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You are a child of God. He is father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven.…
— Boyd K. Packer
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We ... tend to evaluate others on the basis of physical, outward appearance: their "good looks," their social status, their family pedigrees, their degrees, or…
— Marvin J. Ashton
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We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men with…
— Plato
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The pedigree's pretty high. For people who are really scary movie fans, this is nirvana. If you're in the mood to get scared, just watch…
— John Landis
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Say not that thou hast royal blood in thy veins; say not that thou art born of God if thou canst not prove thy pedigree…
— William Gurnall
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Science asks no questions about the ontological pedigree or a priori character of a theory, but is content to judge it by its performance; and…
— Chauncey Wright
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We love it because it is self dependent, self derived, and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree, even if shown in a young person.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth had…
— Ferdinand Columbus
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I'd rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree.
— Dana Burnet
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We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three…
— Peter Hook
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
— Seneca the Younger
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I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.
— Philip Sidney
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Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to…
— James Rollins
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The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to break…
— Evander Holyfield
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I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.
— Rita Coolidge
Who Wrote These Pedigree Quotes
35 authors contributed a total of 37 Pedigree Quotes, led by these top contributors: