Sheer Quotes

488 quotes by 429 authors

It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for… — David Attenborough
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? — W. E. B. Du Bois
I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28… — Anthony Bourdain
The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas… — Tom Coburn
For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia. — Sam Abell
Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure. — Donald Trump
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. — Juvenal
The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of sheer… — Richard Goldschmidt
Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself… — Dalai Lama
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. — Pappy Boyington
You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No,… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power. — Sun Tzu
Intelligence is a valuable thing, but it is not usually the key to survival. Sheer fecundity ... usually counts. The intelligent gorilla doesn't do as… — Isaac Asimov
Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebulience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right. — Donald C. Peattie
There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less… — Jack Nicklaus
Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which… — Charles de Gaulle
In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may seem to him,… — Kano Jigoro
I'd been an expert at taking beatings. Then I had a lucky break where I did a bully in, by total sheer luck. ... One… — Keith Richards
Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which… — Martin Luther
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity. — Eric Hoffer

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