Rare Quotes

1409 Rare quotes by 1067 unique authors

I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed… — Shaun Tan
The reaction against your own thought in itself lends life to thought. How this reaction is born is hard to describe, because it identifies with… — Emile M. Cioran
I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari. — Jacky Ickx
There are those much more rare people who never lose their curiosity, their almost childlike wonder at the world; those people who continue to learn… — William Herbert Sheldon
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people. — Confucius
Utopia would seem to offer the spectacle of one of those rare phenomena whose concept is indistinguishable from its reality, whose ontology coincides with its… — Fredric Jameson
I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench.… — Charles Schumer
It would be rare to find a woman who hadn't endured some kind of ridicule for stepping out of line. When the market dictates that… — Clementine Ford
It is so rare...to find a complete person, with a soul, a heart and an imagination; so rare for characters as ardent and restless as… — Hector Berlioz
How much do I love thee? Go ask the deep sea How many rare gems In its coral caves be; Or ask the broad billows,… — Unknown Author
I am beginning to think of the human imagination as a fruit machine on which victories are rare and separated by much vain expense, and… — Philip Larkin
That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that… — Terry Pratchett
Disagreement is a rare achievement, and most of what is called disagreement is simply confusion. — Unknown Author
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. — S. D Gordon
It's rare for people to genuinely try to understand what others are trying to say. — Scott Berkun
The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark… — Plato
Growing into your future ... requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all… — Victoria Moran
When Reason Breaks is infused with a rare blend of suspense and sensitivity, despair and hope. The poetic spirit of Emily Dickinson shines through the gloom… — Margarita Engle
I, a woman, find wearing high heels agreeable only on the very rare occasion that (1) I will be ferried between destinations upon a palanquin… — Unknown Author
The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare. — Adyashanti
It's a rare memoir that can tell a story that seems brand new, but Nina Here Nor There does it. This one-of-a-kind narrator undertakes a… — Unknown Author
A strong new presence in poetry . . . Kei Miller's is a voice we will hear much more of, for it speaks and sings… — Lorna Goodison
Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. — Unknown Author
Simplicity, very rare in our age. — Unknown Author
If a tablet is not wiped clean of it's figures, nothing can be written upon it. A single heart cannot serve as the place for… — Ibn Ata Allah

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