Pressed Quotes

373 quotes by 305 authors

Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is pressed as well. Unless you are wearing clothes that… — Steve Carell
Take a random selection of photographs of America in 2012 and 2002 and 1992 and, except for the skinny jeans and the porkpie hats, you'll… — Graydon Carter
If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is… — Alfred Tarski
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This is why, when… — Theodore Beale
I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains… — Shirley Jackson
We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is a matter of… — Bertrand Russell
Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed to get away from myself...I felt almost pressed to death with my own… — David Brainerd
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is weaker than I… — Douglas Hofstadter
It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be… — John Herschel
I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of 40 amperes through the coil.… — Nicholas Kurti
When I pressed Jesus to my heart, I said to Him: 'I will be a priest. I promise You!' ...Oh, what graces Our Lord gave… — Peter Julian Eymard
When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they don't really know what they mean. Pressed, they will go a step further and say,… — William Faulkner
A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be pressed into print. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly,… — Yoshida Kenko
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but… — Noam Chomsky
If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should… — Thomas Jefferson
...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to… — Walt Whitman
He pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me around my waist, and said henceforth we were married. — Herman Melville
I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make… — Merle Haggard
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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