Best Termed Sayings

80 Termed quotes by 67 unique authors

Owing to the imperfection of language the offspring is termed a new animal, but it is in truth a branch or elongation of the parent;… — Erasmus Darwin
I have done much reporting in what might be termed the religious field. I have interviewed dozens of people-maybe hundreds-asking questions about their beliefs. Some… — Arthur Gordon Webster
To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or I They may take the trifle Termed… — Emily Dickinson
Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge. — Charles Caleb Colton
I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular wish well to… — William E. Gladstone
Monotheism at Sinai, primitive Christianity, messianic socialism: these are the three supreme moments in which Western culture is presented with what Ibsen termed "the claims… — George Steiner
Chemistry has been termed by the physicist as the messy part of physics, but that is no reason why the physicists should be permitted to… — Frederick Soddy
The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. — Mary Wollstonecraft
As it happened, all three of us turned out to be real writers--a coincidence almost too large to be termed mere coincidence in a society… — Stephen King
To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search… — Alvin Toffler
The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is… — Isaac Asimov
The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. — Barbara Ehrenreich
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest… — Oscar Wilde
I soon began to sense a fundamental perceptual difficulty among male scholars (and some female ones) for which 'sexism' is too facile a term. It… — Adrienne Rich
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list… — Gail Carriger
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless. — Oscar Wilde
Lying mouth to mouth, kiss to kiss in the pillow dark, loin to loin in unbelievable surrendering sweetness so distant from all our mental fearful… — Jack Kerouac
My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more… — Booker Little
The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of… — Martin Filler
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations… — Adam Ferguson
The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has… — Bruce Jackson
About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets. — Samuel Johnson
Love is a beautiful experience wherein you like someone like mad and want to give him as much love and affection as possible. When you… — Christa
Identity may be termed as action which is conscious of itself. — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Termed Quotes

67 authors contributed a total of 80 Termed Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Termed Sayings

More Ways to Read Termed Quotes

Who Wrote These Termed Quotes