Seem Quotes
5818 quotes by 3598 authors
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You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to…
— Herbert Read
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Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of hatred - may not even be…
— Coventry Patmore
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No man who respects his mother or loves his sister, can speak disparagingly of any woman; however low she may seem to have sunk, she…
— Victoria Woodhull
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We have found that bats adjust the timing of their sounds when they encounter clutter, and they seem to 'strobe' the world with sound.
— Unknown Author
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Regarded in isolation, an idea may be quite insignificant, and venturesome in the extreme, but it may acquire importance from an idea which follows it;…
— Friedrich Schiller
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Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It's perfectly OK to want the impossible. It's not OK to…
— Steve Pavlina
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When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and…
— Aristotle
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You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it…
— Allen Ginsberg
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I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy, seem to come…
— Jack Welch
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I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of the alleged facts…
— C. D. Broad
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I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If…
— William Blake
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When our dreams seem to go sour or remain unfulfilled, hopelessness can dominate our lives-or we can hold on with open hands, knowing that we…
— Sheila Walsh
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Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And…
— William Wordsworth
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The way to make better decisions is to make more of them. Then make sure you learn from each one, including those that don't seem…
— Anthony Hopkins
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There is a world-old controversy that crops up whenever women attempt to enter a new field. Is a woman fit for that work? It would…
— Unknown Author
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A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world,…
— Walter Pater
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
— Alexander Pope
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If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a more suitable form than his nomadic ancestors achieved, then might…
— Marshall McLuhan
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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they…
— Anita Loos
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