Rare Quotes

1409 Rare quotes by 1067 unique authors

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing. — Steve Jobs
I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the… — Frank Knox
Artists who believe they control everything control what they know. Artists who allow outside forces to intervene are like canoes going down rapids. The rocks… — Arno Hintjens
Voluptuous bloom and fragrance rare The summer to its rose may bring; Far sweeter to the wooing air The hidden violet of spring. Still, still… — Bayard Taylor
Nature has always something rare to show us... and the danger to life and limb is hardly greater than one would experience crouching deprecatingly beneath… — John Muir
Enlightened beings are rare in the universe. They are the joker in the deck. They are outside the circle. — Frederick Lenz
Liberated souls are a rare commodity in this world. They are no better; it's just you, a little later, in the next act or in… — Frederick Lenz
Nonphysical beings are drawn to enlightened beings. Some come to aid them in there work; some come to interfere. Some just come to watch. Enlightenment… — Frederick Lenz
I don't work with men who are antagonistic to the liberation of women. I do work with quite a number of men who are supportive… — Frederick Lenz
A true evangelist is almost as great a rarity as a true pastor. Alas! Alas! How rare are both! The two are closely connected. The… — Charles Henry Mackintosh
Hasidism has a tradition that one of man's purposes is to assist God in the work of redemption by "hallowing" the things of creation. By… — Annie Dillard
I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited. I found what… — David Letterman
The more lines I have, in general, the worse a movie is. It's very rare that I get say great things in fantastic movies. So… — Matthew Lillard
'Type one' error is thinking that something special is happening when nothing special really is happening. 'Type two' error is thinking that nothing special is… — Marcello Truzzi
He had that rare weird electricity about him - that extremely wild and heavy presence that you only see in a person who has abandoned… — Hunter S. Thompson
If you're walking down the street in L.A., people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see… — Carey Mulligan
I don't think I want to play title roles. I don't want to be the face on the poster. I don't want that pressure of… — Carey Mulligan
An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore,… — Daniel Pauly
The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form… — Fanny Kemble
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants.... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar… — Fanny Kemble
The book is so rich and yet it is well done. A rare achievement indeed! — Gil Kalai
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the… — Henry James Sumner Maine
To find someone who loves your children like you do is really rare. — Goldie
What a rare joy it is to linger in the lucid, transcendent worlds of Jennifer Maier's poems. In taut, precise language and lapidary images, Now,… — Rick Hilles
Harriet Levin [is] a shining poet in her generation.... The dynamics of her language and her vigorous voice distinguish all her poems. Levin's fearless willingness… — Molly Peacock

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