Thoroughly Quotes

588 Thoroughly quotes by 475 unique authors

True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.... — Teresa of Avila
I am thoroughly satisfied that smoking is detrimental to the intelligence of Australians who I notice now are beginning to look sickly, pale and intellectually… — Unknown Author
I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as… — Teresa of Avila
When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish… — Gautama Buddha
There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. — Francis Drake
A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing sound in it… — Socrates
. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is… — Plato
A multitude of aspects of the natural world that were considered miraculous only a few generations ago are now thoroughly understood in terms of physics… — Carl Sagan
Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality. — Phillip E. Johnson
The Rothschilds have conquered the world more thoroughly, more cunningly, and much more lastingly than all the Caesars before... — Frederic Morton
In the index to the six hundred odd pages of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History, abridged version, the names of Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes and… — Arthur Koestler
A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no… — Henry H. Arnold
You know in politics you are dealing in the realm of choices. You don't always have clear-cut decision between a thoroughly principled position and a… — Peter Costello
My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former… — William Banting
How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around… — Peter Sloterdijk
Only free men are thoroughly grateful one to another. — Baruch Spinoza
My education and background thoroughly inform my writing — David Brin
Whoever wishes to make progress in perfection should use particular diligence in not allowing himself to be led away by his passions, which destroy with… — St. Vincent
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of the administration of… — Randall Kennedy
Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that… — Flannery O'Connor
One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood. — Leo Strauss
But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly… — Elisabeth Elliot
So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and… — Steve Spurrier
The financial crisis has underscored how insufficient attention to fundamental corporate governance concepts can have devastating effects on an institution and its continued viability. It… — Unknown Author
Kate Benson is an expert in applying NLP in the education sector. She is thoroughly organised, highly skilled and the love for what she teaches… — Richard Bandler

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