Than Quotes
17300 Than quotes by 8648 unique authors
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Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them…
— Mary Browne
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Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded…
— Steve Albini
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For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese…
— Steve Albini
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The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile…
— Art Buchwald
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.
— Julie Burchill
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Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as…
— Julie Burchill
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Covering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping off.
— Julie Burchill
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Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a…
— Tim Burton
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I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on…
— Tim Burton
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Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.
— Robert Browning
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I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.
— Carrie Brownstein
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Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps with different degrees of difficulty.
— Carrie Brownstein
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And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of…
— Dave Brubeck
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The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong -…
— Damon Albarn
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The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.
— John Bruton
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A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish…
— Edward Albee
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
— Josef Albers
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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