Serves Quotes
619 quotes by 514 authors
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Here lives a free man. Nobody serves him.
— Albert Camus
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You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves.
— Christopher Marlowe
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Sometimes the crime follows the punishment, which only serves to prove the foresight of the Great God." "That's what my grandmother used to say," said…
— Terry Pratchett
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The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not…
— John Hersey
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Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor…
— Lionel Shriver
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Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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You want to kill me, don't you? And here I thought you and your friends were so righteous. You are just as capable of evil…
— D. J. MacHale
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I nearly dropped the plate I held. "You've asked me out tons of times." "Not really. I've made inapproprite suggestions and frequently pushed for nudity.…
— Richelle Mead
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Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose
— Eckhart Tolle
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Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it…
— Antonin Sertillanges
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Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.
— Pablo Picasso
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All power is the same. Magic. Physical strength. Economic strength. Political strength. It all serves a single purpose-it gives its possessor a broader spectrum of…
— Jim Butcher
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Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.
— Naomi Klein
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When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you…
— Gary Zukav
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Come on, Megeara. Walk on the wild side with me. Let’s get naked and ruin Solin’s upholstery. It serves two purposes. We’re happy and he’s…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.
— Virginia Woolf
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Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard…
— George Monbiot
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This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature…
— William Shakespeare
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Like black, do you? (Cassandra) It serves its purpose. It’s hard to look intimidating in pastels. (Wulf)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as…
— Gregory Maguire
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