Profound Quotes

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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is? — Saint Augustine
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about… — Richard Bach
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than… — Honore de Balzac
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming… — Mario Batali
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
Buying is a profound pleasure. — Simone de Beauvoir
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of… — Pope Benedict XVI
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in… — Warren G. Bennis
Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound. — Mayim Bialik
There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. — Ambrose Bierce
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. — Ambrose Bierce
An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me. — Ambrose Bierce
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr
As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves… — John O. Brennan
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. — Mel Brooks
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. — Charles Bukowski
My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig. — Steve Buscemi
Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I… — Billy Campbell
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. — Albert Camus

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