Sentiment Quotes
367 quotes by 284 authors
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You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.
— Agatha Christie
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Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment…
— Frederick Douglass
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There's no greater tragedy than an equal intensity, in the same soul or the same man, of the intellectual sentiment and the moral sentiment. For…
— Fernando Pessoa
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Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art.
— Georges Braque
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I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a…
— Andrew Motion
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It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been…
— Woodrow Wilson
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And by anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice for all, solidarity and love…
— Errico Malatesta
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A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t really…
— Kool Moe Dee
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Can anything be imagined more abhorrent to every sentiment of generosity and justice, than the law which arms the rich with the legal right to…
— William C. Bryant
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I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer…
— Roberta Williams
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The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism…
— Bill Richardson
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A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.
— Paul Gauguin
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The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite…
— Grover Cleveland
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Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first…
— James Hillman
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At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if…
— Joseph Story
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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
— John Galsworthy
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Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us. But there is a spurious sentiment which cannot resist…
— E. M. Forster
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I too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except my own. This…
— Margaret Thatcher
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I could not possibly improve on the sentiment, but I don't think it ought to depend on the current austerities. Isn't Christmas a moral and…
— Christopher Hitchens
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