Superfluous Quotes

155 quotes by 129 authors

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and… — Leonardo da Vinci
The superfluous, a very necessary thing. — Voltaire
Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous… — Muhammad Asad
Idealism does not represent a superfluous expression of emotion, but in truth it has been, is, and will be, the premise for what we designate… — Adolf Hitler
As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with… — Tom Robbins
If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, 'That guy is worthless! He's sitting on a rock,… — Conan O'Brien
No theory ever benefited by the application of data, Amy. Data kills theories. A theory has no better time than when it's lying there naked,… — Christopher Moore
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted… — Malcolm X
a salesman is an it that stinks to please but whether to please itself or someone else makes no more difference than if it sells… — E E Cummings
A movie is better than real life because in the movies only the bad guys die. Or you can pick the good movies where the… — Kathryn Erskine
The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for… — Mary Doria Russell
I was thinking that I should be content to kiss him until the break of day. Bertrand ran out of kisses too soon; desire made… — Francoise Sagan
A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous — Ingrid Bergman
Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous. — Alexander Pushkin
Very well,â€ he said with a small sigh. â€œLadies today are so very capable. It breaks my hea rt, really.â€ He leaned in, almost as… — Julia Quinn
Unless hours were cups of sack, and minutes capons, and clocks the tongues of bawds, and dials the signs of leaping-houses, and the blessed sun… — William Shakespeare
I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand… — Henry David Thoreau
The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy task is laid… — C.S. Lewis
If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement. — Fred Astaire

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