Rare Quotes

1409 Rare quotes by 1067 unique authors

It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis made… — Dick Clark
People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies.… — Donald J. Boudreaux
It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to… — Neal Boortz
What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would… — Henry Ward Beecher
There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best overall setting to… — Unknown Author
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of the administration of… — Randall Kennedy
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. — Linda Ronstadt
Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion. — Peter Singer
As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of… — Fred Rogers
On the rare occasions when our dreams succeed and achieve perfection - most dreams are bungled - the are symbolic chains of scene and images… — Friedrich Nietzsche
...The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both... — Emmylou Harris
It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare… — Aimee Mullins
It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of… — Jesse Owens
Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of… — Andrew Solomon
It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking… — Eli Manning
It is the rare and strong person that can carry their trauma without having it spill into the next generation. — Bruce D. Perry
Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving the lives of… — Kay Redfield Jamison
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly...spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.-… — Erica Jong
He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton, captivated the President,… — Joshua Chamberlain
Hansen’s disease”—that’s the other modern name, I guess, for leprosy—“Hansen’s disease was so rare in the America that in 40 years only 900 people were… — Lou Dobbs
It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand… — Arthur Machen
Americans and other Westerners who want their families to enjoy the blessings of life in a free society should understand that the life we've led… — Mark Steyn
It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet. — Thomas Harris
Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but… — Peter Elbow
You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all… — Martin Parr

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