Perhaps Quotes

5223 Perhaps quotes by 2996 unique authors

Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery. — Julian Barnes
At 83, George Bernard Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's. — Alexander Woollcott
For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for most of the… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. — Mercy Otis Warren
Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking. — Benjamin Franklin
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
The reason why we want to remember an image varies: because we simply 'love it,' or dislike it so intensely that it becomes compulsive, or… — Minor White
Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance… — Arthur C. Clarke
We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to remind us what… — Ray Bradbury
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be… — James Madison
Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion. — Cliff Stearns
The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that… — Booker T. Washington
As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, so I could not be content now, but I must go and… — Daniel Defoe
Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in… — John Milton
By labor and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps… — John Milton
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. — Henry Fielding
My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of… — Vikram Seth
If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all. — Mohsin Hamid
We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully… — Carl Rogers
Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire… — Erich Fromm
Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons… — B.F. Skinner
I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts… — Hans Eysenck
Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher. — Pauline Kael
A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting — Jurgen Habermas

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