Slightest Quotes

418 Slightest quotes by 345 unique authors

Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses; whence it follows… — Marquis de Sade
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger… — George Washington
So far as we are concerned, there is not one word in the statements that I have made in this council which can be interpreted… — Arundhati Roy
You donâ€™t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words… — Jonathan Lethem
Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret… — Emile M. Cioran
Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing… — Abraham Maslow
The only imaginative prose writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past. — George Orwell
Peace originates with the flow of things - its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins… — Morihei Ueshiba
People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And when they commit… — Unknown Author
Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove. — Gautama Buddha
We should always settle disputes through dialogue and cooperation, and should not resort to the use or threat of force on the slightest provocation. We… — Wu Bangguo
In the central cases of physical pain, then, it appears that at least part of what is bad about our condition is the way it… — Unknown Author
Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone - that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more than any man… — H. L. Mencken
You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be… — Jorge Luis Borges
It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad,… — Charles Darwin
I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they… — Noam Chomsky
If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this:… — Jean Baudrillard
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give… — Bill Gates
It is strange how in some things honest people can be dishonest without the slightest compunction. — James Weldon Johnson

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