Prospect Quotes

338 quotes by 307 authors

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting… — Cecil Beaton
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. — Ambrose Bierce
It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. — Jimmy Carter
These are people who wanted to provide for their family and wanted a better life. We've got to have a secure border. But we've also,… — Jeff Flake
If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth… — James C. Collins
So far, we do not seem appalled at the prospect of exactly the same kind of education being applied to all the school children from… — Edith Hamilton
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present… — George Washington
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it. — Arthur Koestler
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if… — William James
Your competition is EVERYTHING else your prospect could conceivably spend their money on. — Don Cooper
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry… — Stephen Hawking
It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel's) garments, the waving… — John Henry Newman
I sincerely believe the word "relationships" is the key to the prospect of a decent world [and life]. It seems abundantly clear that every problem… — Clarence Francis
The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking… — Josh Billings
I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the… — Henry David Thoreau
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
Death. The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity- and now you strange apothecary souls have… — Friedrich Nietzsche
An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human… — Ambrose Bierce
While the vaccine discovery was progressive, the joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the… — Edward Jenner

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