Somewhat Quotes

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In 1976, Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer; carried his own suitcase, imagine that - somewhat tapped America's durable but shallow reservoir of populism. By 1980,… — George Will
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. — Oscar Wilde
Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting. — Kristin Armstrong
The truth be told, the World Trade Center was neither a very good work of architecture nor a very successful piece of urbanism. Its shortcomings… — Martin Filler
You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you build in childhood… — Helen Fisher
It is easy to be seen as either a genius or a crank. If you have a Ph.D., at least you somewhat lower the chances… — Evgeny Morozov
Hollywood is in somewhat the same position as Las Vegas these days. It went from being the capital of sin to Disneyland, and now it's… — Hanna Rosin
America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself. — Oscar Wilde
We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try… — Thomas Huxley
It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course. — Tove Jansson
Like every other creature on the face of the earth, Godfrey was, by birthright, a stupendous badass, albeit in the somewhat narrow technical sense that… — Neal Stephenson
One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it… — Norman Maclean
Mr. Robinson was a polished sort of person. He was so clean and healthy and pleased about everything that he positively shone - which is… — Susanna Clarke
You agreee with me that the situation is a lulu? Certainly, a somewhat sharp crisis in your affairs would appear to have been precipitated, Sir. — P.G. Wodehouse
I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it… — Alan Watts
She wasn't ready to settle down, she told her friends. That was one way of putting it. Another was would have been that she had… — Margaret Atwood
And before me was the great raw bulge and bulk of my American continent; somewhat far across, gloomy, crazy New York was throwing up its… — Jack Kerouac
Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as… — Henry David Thoreau
The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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