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2979 Supposed quotes by 2039 unique authors

Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he… — Eric Hoffer
SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew… — Ambrose Bierce
The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval… — Samuel Johnson
We're supposed to take our problems to a family adviser. Personally, I've never met a family adviser. They're all off somewhere listening to dirty stories. — Robert Orben
To live a very long time... is supposed to be the desired object of all human life. But it is not. The main thing is… — James Dickey
The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how it could possibly be about anybody else, including the one… — William Saroyan
Freud articulated the standard opinion when he asked with supposed seriousness, 'What does a woman want?'... Today the question that is the yeast in the… — Sam Keen
If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should… — David Hume
What am I supposed to do here? What am I supposed to think? — Alain de Botton
The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having… — Alain de Botton
These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well they are weak and soft. Priorities have changed in football… — Roy Keane
Christians are supposed to love each other. Communists are supposed to share bonds with all proletarians and other communists. Every ideological group proclaims universality, and… — Gary North
I know what we can control, we can control our effort and we can control our approach. We do what we're supposed to do to… — Andy Kennedy
You have to be more disciplined in what you do. You have to make the plays when you're supposed to make them. When the play… — Takeo Spikes
I think that art is supposed to be ahead of the times. — Anna Deavere Smith
If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear. — Anna Deavere Smith
I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for… — Andrew McMahon
I used to think of all the billions of people in the world, and of all those people, how was I going to meet the… — Andrew Schneider
The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It's like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You… — Wayne Thiebaud
People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don't disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won't… — Walt Disney
The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar. — Arnold Palmer
The "Ways & Means Committee" is a committee that's supposed to find the Ways to divide up the Means. — Will Rogers
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world.… — Unknown Author
With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have at least respected the security… — Robert Toombs
Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can. — Unknown Author

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