Rest Content Quotes

13 quotes by 13 authors

• Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life, one adjective only… — Guy de Maupassant
• Men and women cannot rest content with a superficial and unquestioning exchange of skeptical opinions and experiences of life - all of us are in… — Pope Benedict XVI
• Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made. And… — Alcibiades
• Philosophy arises from an unusually obstinate attempt to arrive at real knowledge. What passes for knowledge in ordinary life suffers from three defects: it is… — Bertrand Russell
• I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing… — Mahatma Gandhi
• Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known,… — Archibald Garrod
• Night and day a picture of the showcase of the Lame Novelty Company and its gambling content would seem to appear before my eyes. Then… — John Scarne
• The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers. — Bill Vaughan
• Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of… — Lawrence Durrell
• The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some… — John Updike
• It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others. Everything is interesting;… — Antonin Sertillanges
• For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest… — Iain Pears
• With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox of different sects, who at the last day may flock… — Benjamin Franklin

Who Wrote These Rest Content Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 13 Rest Content Quotes as follows:

• 1 Rest Content Quote by Guy de Maupassant
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Pope Benedict XVI
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Alcibiades
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Bertrand Russell
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Archibald Garrod
• 1 Rest Content Quote by John Scarne
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Bill Vaughan
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Lawrence Durrell
• 1 Rest Content Quote by John Updike
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Antonin Sertillanges
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Iain Pears
• 1 Rest Content Quote by Benjamin Franklin