Remark Quotes

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I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his… — Bill Bryson
The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope says so and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I will remark in the way of general information, that in California, that land of felicitous nomenclature, the literary name of this sort of stuff… — Mark Twain
Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times… — Julien Benda
Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering and violent. Taking… — Aldous Huxley
We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased;… — John Vianney
Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage may be applied to many another course… — Samuel Johnson
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a dull… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The remark has been made that in the Civil War the North reaped the victory and the South the glory. — Richard M. Weaver
I made the remark that I don't avoid people in order to live quietly, but rather in order to be able to die quietly. — Franz Kafka
I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation… — Swami Vivekananda
The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an… — Henry James
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of… — Michael Kinsley
You can't top that remark for hypocrisy or the setting for irony. It isn't the middle class who write $32,500 checks. Those who do expect… — Jack Kelly
"I think we'll have a good potato crop this year," a newspaper editor told his housekeeper one morning. "No such thing," asserted the housekeeper. "I… — James Keller
I once heard a theologian remark that in the Gospels people approached Jesus with a question 183 times whereas he replied with a direct answer… — Philip Yancey
The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If… — Elizabeth Aston
I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge. If… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how… — Vincent de Paul
That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of… — Mark Twain

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