Straight Quotes

2635 Straight quotes by 1905 unique authors

The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is… — George Ayittey
Everything is grounded in mystery. Everything is swimming, and the stable does not exist. Life is a series of guesses, and there is mystery in… — Benjamin De Casseres
Being a goaltender is not a job that would interest any normal, straight-thinking human. — Gump Worsley
Life has been messy for me, as it has for most everyone. I have come to the realization that challenging experiences break us all at… — Ping Fu
Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now. — Jimmy Chamberlin
Into each of our lives come golden moments of adversity. This painful friend breaks our hearts, drops us to our knees, and makes us realize… — Glenn L. Pace
My hair is naturally really thin and dead straight, with no movement. — Tamara Ecclestone
Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk… — Justin Sane
I had a migraine for about seven or eight straight days, and I was unable to sleep most nights. — April Winchell
Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with. — Lance Loud
You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast. — Ruby Wax
Stories move in circle. They don’t move in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are stories inside stories and stories between stories and… — Deena Metzger
People think of my entire image as a kid who lives a straight and narrow life, so I can feel myself not being able to… — Seohyun
This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. — Joseph Barber Lightfoot
That is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble. … If you fight with… — Gene Sharp
The struggle for true openness and intimacy is a lifelong struggle for all of us, gay and straight alike. And besides, a difficult life brings… — Paul Monette
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering. — Minna Antrim
When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Many who think themselves infinitely superior to the aberrations of Nazism, and sincerely hate all manifestations, work at the same time for ideals whose realization… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The most common mistake students of literature make is to go straight for what the poem or novel says, setting aside the way that it… — Terry Eagleton
Whether you’re gay, straight, divorced, on drugs, a prostitute… I don’t care. Be who you are and love who you want. — Hayley Williams
You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had… — Ben Hogan
British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a straight face. For… — Conor Cruise O'Brien
Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is but little faith. Truth is always gain, however hard it is to accommodate ourselves to it. To… — Albert Schweitzer
A straight line can readily be drawn among each of the two series of points corresponding to maxima and minima, thus showing that there is… — Unknown Author

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