Quarrelsome Quotes

25 Quarrelsome quotes by 23 unique authors

All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome. — Deepak Chopra
You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway. — Deepak Chopra
It is not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay, a difference of creed unites men - so long as it is a clear… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome,… — William Penn
May be the truth is, that one pipe is wholesome, two pipes toothsome, three pipes noisome, four pipes fulsome, five pipes quarrelsome; and that's the… — Charles Lamb
Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies… — John Donne
Our humanist attitude should therefore throughout be to stress what we all have in common with each other and relegate quarrelsome religion to the private… — Hermann Bondi
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of… — Ammianus Marcellinus
Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the… — William Shakespeare
A relatively small and eternally quarrelsome country in Western Europe, fountainhead of rationalist political manias, militarily impotent, historically inglorious during the past century, democratically bankrupt,… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
People who talk about peace are very often the most quarrelsome. — Nancy Astor
While husbands and lovers in the stories [of the 14th century] are of all kinds, ranging from sympathetic to disgusting, women are invariably deceivers: inconstant,… — Barbara Tuchman
Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various… — Buffalo Bill
I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. — Jerome K. Jerome
It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago… — John Steinbeck
This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and… — Benjamin Franklin
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama
Huamns, uregulated, are cruel and capricious; violet and selfish; miserable and quarrelsome. It is only after their instincts and basic emotions have been controlled that… — Lauren Oliver
Being the only female in what was basically a boys’ club must have been difficult for her. Miraculously, she didn’t compensate by becoming hard or… — Donna Tartt
A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours. — Benjamin Franklin
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the… — Aesop
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. — Buddha
The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. — John McCarthy
What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq or South East Asia or… — Lewis H. Lapham
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying… — Unknown Author

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