Rare Quotes

1409 Rare quotes by 1067 unique authors

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. — Aldous Huxley
Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out,… — Steve Irwin
When I finally had the chance to make my childhood dream a reality - as a co-founder and chairman of Moon Express - my goal… — Naveen Jain
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia. — James Earl Jones
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. — Erica Jong
You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly… — Daniel Kahneman
Rare is the union of beauty and purity. — Juvenal
Mental effort, I would argue, is relatively rare. Most of the time we coast. — Daniel Kahneman
I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones. — Anna Kendrick
I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science. — Barbara Kingsolver
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. — Charles Lamb
It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent. — Heath Ledger
For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas. — Ang Lee
So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that… — Ang Lee
Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works. — Matthew Lesko
I know it when I don't know it. Sometimes I know it when I don't think I know it. I need to trust myself in… — Rush Limbaugh
It's very rare that you have a liberal run as an unabashed liberal. They have to lie about it. They have to mask who they… — Rush Limbaugh
And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. — James Russell Lowell
Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term… — Simon Mainwaring
Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap. — Marc Maron
A garden is a complex of aesthetic and plastic intentions; and the plant is, to a landscape artist, not only a plant - rare, unusual,… — Roberto Burle Marx
It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare… — Debra Messing
I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic… — Sienna Miller
Every now and again I want to go to the beach and be in the sun, but that's a very rare feeling, so I could… — Taylor Momsen

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