Special Quotes

4567 Special quotes by 3027 unique authors

What we call fiction is the ancient way of knowing, the total discourse that antedates all the special vocabularies....Fiction is democratic, it reasserts the authority… — E L Doctorow
There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be… — Arthur C. Clarke
By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited - as all good photographers like to be - in the right place at the right… — Margaret Bourke-White
"You know you are seeing such a photograph if you say to yourself, "I could have taken that picture. I've seen such a scene before,… — Sam Abell
English fans love spectacular players like Alan Shearer and that is exactly what United have now signed. He has magic in his boots. The first… — Cristiano Ronaldo
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in… — Peter Singer
If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their interests are allowed… — Peter Singer
What makes these special Beaujolais attractive is the same thing that has always made Beaujolais attractive: the price. Given the insane prices of so many… — Frank J. Prial
Make every day special. Own it. Enjoy it. Bask in the glory of life. Appreciate the gift of your own life. — Donna Fargo
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists and special interests;… — Barack Obama
Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights - merely equal… — Sean Faircloth
Gay Marriage isn't Special Rights, it's Equal Rights. 'Special Rights' are for political churches that don't pay taxes. — John Fugelsang
I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key. — Gustave Flaubert
To this culture warrior, gay marriage is not a vital issue. I don't believe the republic will collapse if Larry marries Brendan. However, it is… — Bill O'Reilly
Increasingly, the balance between living in the world and not being of the world is becoming more delicate. Publications, radio, television, and the Internet have… — L. Tom Perry
The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our… — Robert Kennedy
Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by which special interests… — Ralph Raico
This, by the way, is the welfare state in action: Its a whole bunch of special interest groups screwing consumers and taxpayers, and making them… — Murray Rothbard
I don't claim to have any special interest in natural history, but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in the… — Prince Philip
Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned by… — James Hansen
Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned… — Barack Obama
Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do not vary. Physiological and pathological states are ruled by the same forces;… — Claude Bernard
On his method for lighting up: "Nothing special, but I do blunts, cigarellos, pipes, bongs, bowls, I'll smoke out of an old Timberland boot if… — Unknown Author
When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people… — Henry F. Ashurst
'They fell in love.' Such a rare and special event cannot be done justice by one statement; it involves so much more than that single… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari

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