Seldom Quotes

1113 quotes by 730 authors

You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality… — Frank Snepp
By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An… — Samuel Johnson
Good and great are seldom in the same man. — Winston Churchill
Moved by a passion they do not understand for a goal they seldom reach, men and women are haunted by the vision of a distant… — Nathaniel Branden
Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and… — Jean Cocteau
Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong. — William Hazlitt
We cannot stick our heads in the sand concerning the issue of hunger in America. Even though this subject seldom reaches the front page of… — Bruce Davison
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Oil is seldom found where it is most needed, and seldom most needed where it is found. — L. E. J. Brouwer
In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and my… — Edward John Trelawny
You seldom improve quality by cutting costs, but you can often cut costs by improving quality. — Karl Albrecht
I am convinced that any photographic attempt to show the complete man is nonsense. We can only show, as best we can, what the outer… — Arnold Newman
American Danish can be doughy, heavy, sticky, tasting of prunes and is usually wrapped in cellophane. Danish Danish is light, crisp, buttery and often tastes… — R. W. Apple
Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and… — Confucius
Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience… — Charles Sturt
Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time. — Katharine Anthony
We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in creation and have… — Henri Nouwen
Self-disciplin e is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With… — Brian Tracy
Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book,… — William Wilberforce
Experience had taught me that innocence seldom utters outraged shrikes. Guilt does. Innocence is a mighty shield, and the man or woman covered by it,… — Whittaker Chambers

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