Timely Quotes
110 quotes by 102 authors
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We are warned by the Word both of our duty, our danger, and our remedy. On the sea of life there would be many more…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness…
— Samuel Johnson
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Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home return who him…
— A. E. Housman
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He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented…
— Henry Fielding
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We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to…
— Winston Churchill
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Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.…
— Ernest Hemingway
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I congratulate NUS for launching a new degree, a bachelor of environmental studies. This is a most timely initiative. One of the biggest challenges facing…
— Tommy Koh
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The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership to solve global challenges, including…
— Kishore Mahbubani
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The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing…
— Thomas B. Macaulay
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Our generation grew up with the Review as a fact of life. It was America’s literary magazine. To our minds, it still is. It has…
— Lorin Stein
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I intend to give my eighty-two-year-old dad a copy of God Never Blinks. I will also buy one for a sixteen-year-old friend. This wise, compassionate,…
— Thrity Umrigar
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He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such…
— Gautama Buddha
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This is a timely and relevant initiative. The environmental challenges facing Singapore and the region are becoming more complex. Tackling them will require inter-disciplinary approaches…
— Andrew Tan
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I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was published.
— T. J. Stiles
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It's a rare memoir that can tell a story that seems brand new, but Nina Here Nor There does it. This one-of-a-kind narrator undertakes a…
— K. M. Soehnlein
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The rascal multitude are the proper targets of the mass media and a public education system geared to obedience and training in needed skills, including…
— Noam Chomsky
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There must not be one law for the Jew and another for the Arabs....In saying this, I do not assume that there are tendencies toward…
— Chaim Weizmann
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There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with…
— Tony Blair
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The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that…
— Richard Whately
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The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your…
— Stephen King
Who Wrote These Timely Quotes
102 authors contributed a total of 110 Timely Quotes, led by these top contributors: