Relative Quotes

551 Relative quotes by 470 unique authors

There's something I want you to know,' said Cherryl, her voice taut and harsh, 'so that there won't be any pretending about it. I'm not… — Ayn Rand
From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, could stand on the bottom… — Jodi Picoult
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. — Ray Bradbury
Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to… — William Wilberforce
so my grandmother was not without humanity. and if she wore cocktail dresses when she labored in the garden, they were cocktail dresses she no… — John Irving
At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come… — May Sarton
Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is. — Mario Benedetti
In the developed countries of the capitalist world, the mass media are beginning to become businesses, and huge businesses at that. The freedom of journalists… — HÃ©lder CÃ¢mara
I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field… — Peter Brook
It might have been that notion, or just chance, or its more flamboyant relative, destiny. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most… — Hunter S. Thompson
Another relative?" Valek asked. A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. "Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife's third cousin." --Valek and Moon Man — Maria V. Snyder
Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll.... It does not mean that everything in life is relative. — Albert Einstein
Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or you don't, and you better have it, or it's like kissing some relative. But chemistry, listen… — Deb Caletti
Is it wrong to leave relative security in favor of unknown risk at the side of someone you love? — Ellen Hopkins
The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem… — Markus Zusak
Things That Don't Matter When You've Lived the Same Day Six Times and Died on at Least Two of Them: Lunch meats and their relative… — Lauren Oliver
It happens to us once or twice in a lifetime to be drunk with some book which probably has some extraordinary relative power to intoxicate… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Safety is relative. You can be so close to shore that you can practically feel it under your feet, when you suddenly find yourself breaking… — Jodi Picoult
He had two lives: one, open, seen and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood, exactly like… — Anton Chekhov
I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths. — R C Sproul
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost… — Ha-Joon Chang
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But… — Alan Moore
You should be careful, tossing descriptors like that around in a situation like this. My ‘problem’ isn’t little. Unless you’re drawing some pretty wild comparisons.… — Rachel Vincent
everything is relative. you, for instance, are my relative. — P.G. Wodehouse

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