Plain Quotes

1043 quotes by 821 authors

Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can only be doubted by those who are ignorant of… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the… — John Hersey
The plain message physical science has for the world at large is this, that were our political and social and moral devices only as well… — George Herbert
[Humility is:] Greatness in plain clothes — Spencer W. Kimball
Yellow M&M's don't move with green M&M's. I mean, you don't put M&M's peanuts with M&M's plain. — Tupac Shakur
I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American. — Laura Z. Hobson
White sharks and tuna travel for thousands of miles before returning to the same hot spot just as salmon do when they return to the… — Barbara Block
People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing. — Gilbert Gottfried
No one is a plain white room. I hate going into a home that is done to the nines but has nothing do with the… — Bryan Batt
Most days I struggle just to be accepted into the camp of plain old feminists. This is mainly because I am not by nature ideological… — Hanna Rosin
America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing… — Djimon Hounsou
My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain. — Chief Seattle
There are so many different kinds of motivation for investing or giving or parting with your money in whatever other way, and plain old financial… — Jessica Jackley
In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper. — Maggie Carey
The Bible is plain that God requires moral perfection. It tells us unambiguously that God is holy and therefore cannot tolerate any hint of unholiness. — Tullian Tchividjian
You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But I stand before… — James Earl Jones
You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits. — Anna Netrebko
My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity. — Max Weber
Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English. — Alan Siegel

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