Select Quotes

289 quotes by 265 authors

Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. — Jim Jarmusch
I challenge youth to cooperate with parents who are concerned about your reading and your viewing. Be concerned yourself about what you take into your… — Marvin J. Ashton
I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the… — Ayn Rand
In the coming elections if you cannot decide whom to select, use the vote to reject. — Kisan Baburao Hazare
Society is not merely a select body of spiritual or intellectual persons, but a great organism composed of all kinds of members, a net containing… — Robert Hugh Benson
Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works like a vending… — Fred Reed
There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like… — Derek Magyar
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select… — Herodotus
... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole… — Plato
Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual. — Hans Jonas
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where… — Alfred Jarry
It takes skill to bring something you've imagined into the world: to use words to create believable lives, to select the colors and textures of… — Twyla Tharp
Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that… — Nora Roberts
Microsoft Mobile Oy is a legal construct that was created to facilitate the merger. It is not a brand that will be seen by consumers.… — Stephen Elop
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at… — John B. Watson
The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art.… — Banksy
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is… — James P. Hogan
When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life — Tracy Kidder
Let the record show that you can be a United States senator for 21 years. You can be 79 years old. You can be the… — Dianne Feinstein

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