Remarkably Quotes
169 quotes by 162 authors
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others…
— Arthur Ashe
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The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we…
— Richard Branson
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Cannabis is remarkably safe. Although not harmless, it is surely less toxic than most of the conventional medicines it could replace if it were legally…
— Lester Grinspoon
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All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water…
— Shailene Woodley
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Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts as will…
— Bertrand Russell
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In the history of physics, there have been three great revolutions in thought that first seemed absurd yet proved to be true. The first proposed…
— Edward Teller
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So where did these cravings come from? I concluded it's the baby ordering in. Prenatal takeout. Even without ever being in a restaurant, fetuses develop…
— Paul Reiser
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Man did not address his inquiries to the earth on which he stood until a remarkably late stage in the development of his desire for…
— Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
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The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions.
— George Soros
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The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01…
— Oliver North
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The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out'…
— David Hockney
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The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man is often remarkably incapable of…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it…
— Mercedes McCambridge
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Baseball is a habit. The slowly rising crescendo of each game, the rhythm of the long season--these are the essentials and they are remarkably unchanged…
— George Will
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Palestinians are a hard-working and an incredible community. They have done remarkably well outside their country. I have never met a poor Palestinian in the…
— William J. Clinton
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Our women are not incredible because they have managed to avoid the difficulties of life—quite the opposite. They are incredible because of the way they…
— Quentin L. Cook
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Chris Huhne is a remarkably successful and powerful minister
— Tim Montgomerie
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With impeccable timing and a fine instinct for the telling detail, Francesca Abbate evokes the plenitudes and the deprivations of human habitation, the nurturing richness…
— Linda Gregerson
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights laid down what any person might reasonably expect, yet there are remarkably few people who enjoy these rights. With…
— Peter Gabriel
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Neighborhoods built up all at once change little physically over the years as a rule...[Residents] regret that the neighborhood has changed. Yet the fact is,…
— Jane Jacobs
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