Point Quotes
9693 quotes by 5713 authors
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There is no true expertise in the humanities without knowing all of the humanities. Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition. Over-concentration…
— Camille Paglia
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Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it?
— Richard M. Nixon
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I have to wonder at what point the people fighting to protect marriage will realize that traditional couples haven't exactly been doing too good a…
— Daniel Pearce
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Kristofferson was writing what was really in his heart and saying it in ways we hadn't heard up till that point.
— Unknown Author
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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an…
— Thomas Traherne
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In the course of the history of the earth innumerable events have occurred one after another, causing changes of states, all with certain lasting consequences.…
— Unknown Author
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All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants, and in spite of…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science…
— Adolphe Quetelet
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I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at…
— John C. Maxwell
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Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking,…
— John C. Maxwell
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There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.
— Robert Breault
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As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a…
— John Fogerty
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The last thinkg I want to do is spend the rest of my life pretending to be 17 or 27. Now it's pretty interesting to…
— Tristen Gaspadarek
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Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you, then…
— Patterson Hood
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And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring…
— H. L. Mencken
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The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else.…
— Terry Riley
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Wandering around back stage at a willie Nelson concert is a bit like being the parrot on the shoulder of the guy who's running the…
— Kinky Friedman
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There's a certain sense of ownership that the fans have over you....The thing is, it's all good. You just have to get used to it.…
— Carrie Underwood
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One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends with his family.…
— Dean Ornish
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