Spite Quotes

844 Spite quotes by 654 unique authors

In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial… — Patrick White
Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to supporting the democratic… — John Negroponte
The fact that I was fortunate enough to escape contagion, in spite of frequent, sometimes daily contacts with the disease, was because I soon guessed… — Charles Jules Henry Nicole
In spite of this fact, the Western powers have never given sufficient importance to the Muslim world. They have always been inclined to treat it… — Aly Khan
Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on… — David Bohm
Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of… — Robert Barany
That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger… — Jacky Ickx
For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this… — Lukas Foss
I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey. — Daniel Day-Lewis
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. — Don Marquis
We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be… — Bashar al-Assad
Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period,… — Dick Gregory
Remember, the first presidential candidate to reject public financing for both the primary and general election was... Barack Obama, in 2008. He did it, in… — Jeff Greenfield
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself, and in spite… — Richard Carmona
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are… — Jeff Lindsay
People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods — C.S. Lewis
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do you think of… — Galileo Galilei
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the… — Thomas Carlyle
What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I… — William Shakespeare
In spite of our wisdom and sensible talking, we on our feet must go plodding and walking — John Selden
All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal… — Alexander Pope
The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. — Victor Hugo
When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The woman that deliberates is lost. — Joseph Addison

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