Thoroughly Quotes

588 Thoroughly quotes by 475 unique authors

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act. — Jacques Ellul
If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply… — Alexander Haig
There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man. — William Hazlitt
How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods… — David Hilbert
I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too… — Edmund Hillary
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. — Elbert Hubbard
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. — Jerome K. Jerome
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden… — Gertrude Jekyll
Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get… — Steve Jobs
The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something… — Steve Jobs
I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I… — Jerry Lewis
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. — James Russell Lowell
I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not… — Bela Lugosi
I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I… — John Lydon
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and… — Nelson Mandela
I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient… — W. Somerset Maugham
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition. — Mercedes McCambridge
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done… — Wilson Mizner
The prize for ultimate inefficiency goes to America. We have built in so many checks and balances that our 'leaders' are the most thoroughly hogtied… — Nathan Myhrvold
It seems that so much writing is being done in the nineteenth-century model, where every connection has to be thoroughly explained. — Chuck Palahniuk
You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at… — Mike Pence
I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me. — Harold Prince
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential… — Jeremy Rifkin
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage. — Marilyn vos Savant

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