Superior Quotes

1050 Superior quotes by 742 unique authors

Faith affirms many things, respecting which the senses are silent, but nothing that they deny. It is superior, but never opposed to their testimony — Blaise Pascal
I will rather suffer a thousand wrongs than offer one. I have always found that to strive with a superior is injurious; with an equal,… — Joseph Hall
Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is… — Edward de Bono
For I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature!... A man of mediocre talents… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons… — Hippolyte Taine
The very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There is no evidence… — Tom Robbins
I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as you would put… — Hakuin Ekaku
I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason. — Wilkie Collins
The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior utility in… — Thorstein Veblen
We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is… — Wyndham Lewis
A still-born son os superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter… — Chanakya
Respect, of course is a tricky term. I may respect your gardening by just letting you get on with it. Or, I may respect it… — Simon Blackburn
The beauties of conception are always superior to those of expression. — Walter J. Phillips
The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved his essential race… — Josiah Strong
You have to believe in what you're doing. In the long run, you have to feel that what you're doing, regardless of the trends, will… — Will Barnet
From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young plants from seeds are dissimilar… — Erasmus Darwin
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will… — Napoleon Bonaparte
True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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