Remarked Quotes

138 quotes by 107 authors

Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said… — Herodotus
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting… — Marc Ian Barasch
A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the… — Martin Luther
Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to ask… — Chalmers Johnson
As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked -- referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omlette without breaking… — Margaret Thatcher
Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they… — William Makepeace Thackeray
When on my return to England I showed the cast of the cranium to Professor Huxley, he remarked at once that it was the most… — Charles Lyell
Much later, when I discussed the problem with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever made… — George Gamow
I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolizing a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes… — M.C. Escher
I remember once going to see him [Ramanujan] when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi-cab No. 1729, and remarked that… — G. H. Hardy
A single person is a manageable entity, whom you can either make friends with or leave alone. But half of a married couple is not… — Jan Struther
It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; itâ€™s where their work comes from, although its… — Rebecca Solnit
By definition, remarkable things get remarked upon — Seth Godin
[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to PoincarÃ©:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it to be an experimental fact. — Gabriel Lippmann
On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard. — Johann Sebastian Bach
John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier to describe how… — Edsger Dijkstra
The Merchant, to Secure His Treasure The merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrowed name: Euphelia serves to grace my measure, But… — Edgar Allan Poe
It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of… — Margaret Fuller
The sum of evil, Pascal remarked, would be much diminished if men could only learn to sit quietly in their rooms. — Aldous Huxley
It often runs in families," she remarked: "just as a love for pastry does. — Lewis Carroll

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