Plain Quotes

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This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it? — Spencer Tracy
The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. — Phil Gramm
None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act. — Sam Brownback
Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the… — Cameron Diaz
With the draft, everybody was involved. Everybody was fodder. When you got to be 21, 22 and graduated from college, for two years your life… — Philip Roth
The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings. — Deborah Harkness
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead… — Edward Everett Hale
No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain… — Henry Louis Mencken
Respect is love in plain clothes. — Frankie Byrne
Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness,… — Sydney Smith
Books will speak plain when counselors blanch. — Francis Bacon
When money's tight and hard to get - and your horse is also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt a pint… — Old Irish Toast
BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had… — Ambrose Bierce
God loves the world. That's plain to see as we read His Word. Today, God loves the world through us, His Children of Grace. Christ… — Mark McGee
If there are no miracles then we need to find another word for the existence of life the existence of you and me on earth.… — Robert White
Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain — Tryon Edwards
It's plain to see we're over. And I hate when things are over-so much is left undone. — Arab Proverb
Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion — Thomas Fuller
In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man. — Henry B Adams
The press don't like to say nice things because nice is boring. It's much better to label me the devil. What we do is not… — Michael Bay

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