Shirk Quotes

28 quotes by 27 authors

The insincerity of man-all men are liars, partial or hiders of facts, half tellers of truths, shirks, moral sneaks. When a merely honest man appears… — Mark Twain
To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life — Diego Rivera
Leadership happens at every level of the organization and no one can shirk from this responsibility. — Jerry Junkins
No occupation in this world is more trying to soul and body than the care of young children. What patience and wisdom, skill and unlimited… — Isabella Macdonald Alden
Know that the science of unveiling has no end to it, for it consists in the journey of the intellect in the stations of Majesty,… — Ibn Ata Allah
[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably… — Terry Eagleton
Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.... The real job of every moral teacher is… — C.S. Lewis
I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my… — Walker Percy
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts. — Bertolt Brecht
A scrupulous writer in every sentence that he writes will ask himself. . . What am I trying to say? What words will express it?...And… — George Orwell
I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the… — Nellie Bly
Poet and sculptor, do the work, / Nor let the modish painter shirk — William Butler Yeats
You say yes to the sunlight and pure fantasies, so you have to say yes to the filth and the nausea. Everything is within you,… — Hermann Hesse
Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the penalty is national… — Theodore Roosevelt
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. — Dalai Lama
If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And… — Rachel Maddow
While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance… — Paul Ryan
The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the… — H.G. Wells
I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame; I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price… — Eugene O'Neill
Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs!… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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