Plain Quotes

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A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is the plain and… — Max Frisch
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe… — Mahatma Gandhi
But I ask you, those of you who are with us all day, not to stress yourselves out because of us. When you do this,… — Naoki Higashida
When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but… — Veronica Roth
I don't like plain nails. I get sad. — Zooey Deschanel
The plain truth is that the only consistent theme in advertising is the absence of any consistent theme. — Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a… — Ruth Reichl
Plain living and high thinking are no more. — William Wordsworth
I like money. It's fun to fold and stack and smell and look at. It's just plain fun to count money, and I often do… — Dennis Miller
It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable. — William Penn
The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself. — Bernard Crick
Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T'… — Alexander Pope
I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks. — Artie Shaw
To bring oneself to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one… — Thomas Buckner
There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude. — Robert Breault
To accept the fact that, after fertilization has taken place, a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or… — Jerome Lejeune
When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it's not just because wealth might be lost; it's because wealth will always be… — Randy Alcorn
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for… — Erma Bombeck
Where's the line between professional girlfriend, and just plain professional? — Sarah Jessica Parker

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