Spite Quotes

844 Spite quotes by 654 unique authors

The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite of its ministers. — Heinrich Heine
America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because… — Ronald Reagan
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting… — Anne Frank
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them,… — Anne Frank
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will… — Vincent Van Gogh
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good. — Robert Graves
Astonishingly, in spite of decades of research, there is no agreed theory of cancer, no explanation for why, inside almost all healthy cells, there lurks… — Paul Davies
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps… — Richard Dawkins
Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid… — Sylvia Earle
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. — George Eliot
In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football. — Brett Favre
Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work. — William Feather
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. — Carrie Fisher
I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust. — Christopher Hitchens
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. — Victor Hugo
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. — Victor Hugo
Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our… — William James
I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the… — Charles Kingsley
I danced with passion to spite the music. — Gelsey Kirkland
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends,… — Anne Lamott
The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall… — A J Liebling
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite… — Don Marquis

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