Superior Quotes

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In the voyeurism of Reality TV, the viewer's passivity is kept intact, pampered and massaged and force-fed Chicken McNuggets of carefully edited snippets that permit… — James Wolcott
In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent. — Carter G. Woodson
I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. — William Butler Yeats
This is the deal: we are happy to single out people as superior just as long as they don't accept the description themselves. We want… — Julian Baggini
Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz. — Chris Hardwick
I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that… — Chris Van Allsburg
A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised. — Tom Robbins
Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of… — H. L. Mencken
Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading. — Eudora Welty
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself… — Barbara Mertz
In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself… — C.S. Lewis
What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was… — Alexandre Dumas
Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and… — Robert A. Heinlein
How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you… — Timothy Keller
Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going… — Epictetus
A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last novel that it contained… — P.G. Wodehouse
To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Everyone, from the Mother Superior to the priests to my parents--they were so upset and reproachful...I felt as if something they all passionately believed in… — Philip Pullman
She doesn't understand that a writer is a special creature--that I'm different from everyone else. I'm not saying I'm superior to other people, just more… — Christopher Moore
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the… — Confucius
Peace through superior firepower. — John Ringo
Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would have… — Elizabeth Gaskell
If the average man is made in God's image, then such a man as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God. — H. L. Mencken

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