Settled Quotes

518 quotes by 463 authors

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. — Francis Bacon
All the culture war issues will be settled by the court. — Gary Bauer
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. — Otto von Bismarck
I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking. — Anthony Bourdain
It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go. — Jo Brand
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very… — George Carlin
A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand… — Robert Carlyle
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these… — Nick Cave
Hatred is settled anger. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been settled.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and… — Edward Kennedy
After many painful trials, which none can know, but those who are taught to relinquish a system in which they had been educated, I settled… — Adoniram Judson
In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm.… — Miyamoto Musashi
How often we say about our earthly friends, "I really would like to have a good quiet settled talk with them so that I can… — Hannah Whitall Smith
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. — Aristotle
The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has… — Brooks Atkinson
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people… — James A. Baldwin
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move. — Sun Tzu

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463 authors contributed a total of 518 Settled Quotes, led by these top contributors: