Rarity Quotes

51 quotes by 49 authors

You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities. — Francesca Annis
For example, there are numbers of chemists who occupy themselves exclusively with the study of dyestuffs. They discover facts that are useful to scientific chemistry;… — Charles Sanders Peirce
It's such a rarity to have women in senior powerful positions. We can name them all. Fact is, women can handle power and handle it… — Christine Nixon
The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their… — Adam Smith
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always… — Martial
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. — Arlen Specter
To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world. — John Flavel
Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as much a rarity… — Bergen Evans
In the name of what - except perhaps the coefficient of rarity - does man adorn himself with necklaces of shells and not spider's webs,… — Jean Dubuffet
Simultaneous discovery is utterly commonplace, and it was only the rarity of scientists, not the inherent improbability of the phenomenon, that made it remarkable in… — Peter Medawar
Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its… — Mary Astell
I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I… — Dick Schaap
I think beauty has a lot to do with class. A bit of mystery. Rarity. — Debby Ryan
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. — Walter Bagehot
The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity. — John Boyle O'Reilly
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. — Al Goldstein
Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto. — Michel de Montaigne
I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with someone is a rarity.… — Julianne Moore
The multitude always strains after rarities and exceptions, and thinks little of the gifts of nature; so that, when prophecy is talked of, ordinary knowledge… — Baruch Spinoza
The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent. — Pat Morita

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