Prominent Quotes

143 Prominent quotes by 134 unique authors

I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959. — Marie Windsor
Just as TurboTax simplified much of the tax process, so has the colossally scary legal process been reduced to a kinder, gentler series of mouse… — Lynda Resnick
I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen. — Wystan Hugh Auden
For a long time the fear of seeming singular scared me away; but by degrees, as people became accustomed to me and my habits, and… — Charlotte Bronte
Here is the secret to surviving one of these [airplane] crashes: Be male. In a 1970 Civil Aeromedical institute study of three crashes involving emergency… — Mary Roach
If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we… — Swami Vivekananda
But the young educated adults of the 90s -- who were, of course, the children of the same impassioned infidelities and divorces Mr. Updike wrote… — David Foster Wallace
Suppose the looking glass smashes, the image disappears, and the romantic figure with the green of forest depths all about it is there no longer,… — Virginia Woolf
It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed. — Sue Grafton
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. — Laozi
Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our… — William Robertson Smith
I know, in India, specially in Bollywood and the sports fraternity, there is a lot of negative media attention on prominent public figures. — Leander Paes
Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom. — Malcolm X
Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb. She was still a teenager… — Jane Leavy
The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban health. Cities liberally permit housing construction to… — Virginia Postrel
Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are appeals by human… — Rebecca MacKinnon
In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch. — Louis Susman
Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people… — Ed Smith
These are matters of external history. They are indeed prominent objects, often changing and giving a new direction to the current; but they tell us… — Jones Very
This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study… — William Robertson Smith
I felt I never needed to fight for a more prominent songwriting and increased vocal role with the Cars. — Benjamin Orr
Missouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings. — Bob Holden
But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change… — Christie Hefner
The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of… — Talcott Parsons

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