Presents Quotes

514 quotes by 444 authors

The intellectual's hostility to the businessman presents no mystery, as the two have, by function, wholly different standards. While the businessman's motto is the customer… — Bertrand de Jouvenel
The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response — Nicholas Stern
Widen your shriveled heart, make the interests of others your own and serve them as much as you can by sympathy, kindness, presents and so… — Anandamayi Ma
Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to… — James Madison
Translation presents not merely a paradigm but the utmost case of engaged literary interpretation — Unknown Author
Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting hat, but a… — Lewis H. Lapham
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as… — Evelyn Waugh
Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of… — Brit Marling
Every role presents a new opportunity for me to do something different and to explore something different. — Paul Wesley
Before Santa and presents and shopping and all the attendant Christmas (stuff) got involved, this holiday was enshrined to commemorate a guy who got nailed… — William Rivers Pitt
When I went to the Oscars - the only time I've ever been to the Oscars - a few years ago, I wore this Prada… — Carey Mulligan
A play presents a self-enclosed little world for the audience to examine. It's an opportunity to look objectively at a group of people, to assess… — Wallace Shawn
How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of… — Duke Ellington
Witchcraft offers the model of a religion of poetry, not theology. It presents metaphors, not doctrines, and leaves open the possibility of reconciliation of science… — Starhawk
I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things. — Ed Harris
My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used… — Gemma Arterton
A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa. — Ricky Gervais
Some will protest that in a world with so much human suffering, it is something between eccentric and obscene to mourn a dog. I think… — Charles Krauthammer
If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me. — Kanye West

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