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Say Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- There are always so many conjectures as to the issue of any event that, whatever the outcome, there will always be people to say: 'I…
- When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull…
- The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.
- History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as…
- The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as…
- One may say with one's lips: 'I believe that God is one, and also three' - but no one can believe it, because the words…
- And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange their future for themselves, she could not believe it any…
- To say that you can love one person all your life is just like saying that one candle will continue burning as long as you…
- Is it possible to say what one really feels?
- Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty…
- If you asked someone, 'Can you play the violin?' and he says, 'I don't know, I have not tried, perhaps I can,' you laugh at…
- I say that the God who created the world in six days and who sent His son, and also his son himself, are not God,…
- One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them; it is only…
- To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of…
- You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of…
- If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace.
- They say: sufferings are misfortunes," said Pierre. 'But if at once this minute, I was asked, would I remain what I was before I was…
- Yes, there is something in me hateful, repulsive," thought Ljewin, as he came away from the Schtscherbazkijs', and walked in the direction of his brother's…
- But it seems to me that a man cannot and ought not to say that he loves, he said. Why not? I asked. Because it…
- Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say,…
- If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men…
- A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles…
- It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness.…
More Say Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being… — Neil Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash