Readily Quotes

329 Readily quotes by 280 unique authors

Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect. — Horace
Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats! — John Burroughs
Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We… — Twyla Tharp
It may be true that there is no God here, but there must be one not far off, and at such a moment one feels… — Vincent Van Gogh
It is not logical for art to be logical. Art goes against the grain of the times as readily as it goes with it and… — Harold Rosenberg
try to understand that there is more thoughtlessness than malice in the world. People are not out to offend you deliberately and maliciously. But all… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily… — Simon Greenleaf
The indwelling of Christ is a thought particularly fit for the children, because their large faith does not stumble at the mystery, their imagination leaps… — Charlotte Mason
I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important. — E. J. Hughes
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Withdraw now from the invisible pounding and weaving of your ingrained ideas. If you want to be rid of this invisible turmoil, you must just… — Hongzhi Zhengjue
Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another,… — Criss Jami
[One] who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature. — Thales
A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. — William E. Gladstone
A rational reaction against the irrational excesses and vagaries of scepticism may, I admit, readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. To be engaged… — William E. Gladstone
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. — Martha Gellhorn
I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature. — Alan Greenspan
He who forgives readily only invites offense. — Pierre Corneille
The shortage of buyers, which the world is suffering from, is readily understood, not as due to people not wishing to obtain possession of goods,… — Paul Dirac

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