Tempered Quotes

154 quotes by 139 authors

Analogies and metaphors have often proved pivotal in expanding our thoughts both within and without science, and so one should not discourage the attempt to… — Tony Rothman
Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask… — Marcus Aurelius
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. — William E. Gladstone
Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge! — William Hague
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. — William Hague
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. — Sydney J. Harris
A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must… — Kim Jong Il
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation… — John F. Kennedy
Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person, which he was.… — Ashton Kutcher
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of… — Joseph Lancaster
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. — George Orwell
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. — Blaise Pascal
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless… — J. Michael Straczynski
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can… — Pierre Trudeau
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. — Voltaire
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. — Voltaire
I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered. — Rufus Wainwright
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. — Jodi Picoult
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from… — Albert Einstein

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