Thoroughly Quotes

588 Thoroughly quotes by 475 unique authors

I know of no department of natural science more likely to reward a man who goes into it thoroughly than anthropology. There is an immense… — Thomas Huxley
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own. — Francois Fenelon
No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. — Juvenal
Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused. — Max Beerbohm
You can't solve a problem? Well, get down and investigate the present facts and [the problem's] past history! When you have investigated the problem thoroughly,… — Mao Zedong
I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly… — Kevin Keegan
That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves… — Joseph Warren
The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered… — Tamora Pierce
At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over… — Kathy Reichs
Belief demands that you dispense with illusion after illusion, while contemporary common sense requires continual, fluffy pretending - pretending that might as well be systematic,… — Francis Spufford
I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally. — Fritz Sauckel
It is more likely that more than a century will pass before we know the structure of the chemical atoms as thoroughly as we do… — Johannes Stark
When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly… — Karl Urban
Just as gold tarnished in depth (cf. Jms. 5:3) cannot be properly purified and restored to its proper brightness unless it is cast in the… — Symeon the New Theologian
The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try… — Mark Twain
Human work must be done honourably and thoroughly, because we are now Men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or were ever slugs, being… — John Ruskin
I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the… — Nellie Bly
I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing. — Chris Cleave
And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the head… — Justin Cronin
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and… — John Stuart Mill
I live for the Red Sox. I thoroughly enjoy them. For whatever reason, baseball has been a lot more fun for me in recent years.… — Doug Flutie
I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I… — Edie Falco
If I'm in a relationship, I'm 1,000% in it. I love doing things for them and surprising them. And that's just something I thoroughly enjoy… — Josh Henderson
I have thoroughly gone through the subject of the Incarnation; and if it served you, could at any time give you the history from the… — Edward Irving
After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story or… — Leslie Jamison

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