Severe Quotes

434 quotes by 385 authors

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very… — Ben Bernanke
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. — Josh Billings
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains. — Lord Byron
Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever… — Caleb Carr
I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how… — Caleb Carr
No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous… — Dick Cheney
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of… — Chuck Close
The embassy in Cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been breached. ... An apology for America's values is never the right course.… — Mitt Romney
The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our survival… — Jim Wright
If you want to obtain the secrets of such wonderful techniques, drill yourself, harden yourself, undergo severe training, abandoned body and mind; follow this course… — Yamaoka Tesshu
To not know math is a severe limitation to understanding the world. — Richard P. Feynman
What is this self-inside us, this silent observer, severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, and urge us onto futile activity, and in the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. — Benjamin Franklin
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are something quite unnecessary… — Sigmund Freud
Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged. — Seneca the Younger
But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which… — Armistead Maupin
There is no attribute of God more comforting to His children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most… — Charles Spurgeon

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