Token Quotes
124 quotes by 113 authors
-
A president cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.'â€
— Adrienne Rich
-
I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.
— William Banting
-
A self that is only differentiated - not integrated - may attain great individual accomplishments, but risks being mired in self-centered egotism. By the same…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
-
Weakness and strength are necessary for balance. No one or nothing is only weak or only strong. But some of us overlook our weaknesses, and…
— Joseph M. Marshall III
-
If atoms do, by chance, happen to combine themselves into so many shapes, why have they never combined together to form a house or a…
— Michel de Montaigne
-
The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmasâ€-not “Weep…
— Ayn Rand
-
The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you…
— Chico Hamilton
-
We must come to the Bible with the purpose of self-exposure consciously in mind. I suspect not many people make more than a token stab…
— Larry Crabb
-
And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip…
— Thomas F. Wilson
-
Only man can stop being fully man. He can ascend above all degres of universal existence and by the same token fall below the level…
— Seyyed Hossein Nasr
-
I even believe if you're killing a team, you shouldn't stop. You should respect your opponents enough to play 100 percent the whole time. And…
— Sue Wicks
-
The idolatry of food cuts across class lines. This can be seen in the public's toleration of a level of cruelty in meat production that…
— Brian Reynolds Myers
-
It is haram [religiously forbidden] to use narcotics in any way because it results in considerable adverse effects in terms of personal health and social…
— Ali Khamenei
-
Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of…
— Mike Yaconelli
-
Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside world, and if we happen…
— Walter Murch
-
I have had a fairly long life, above all a very happy one, and I think that I shall be remembered with some regrets and…
— Antoine Lavoisier
-
No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap where you are…
— Ayn Rand
-
For Christmas, 1939, a girl friend gave me a book token which I used to buy Linus Pauling's recently published Nature of the Chemical Bond.…
— Max Perutz
-
A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into…
— Elizabeth Kenny
-
The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.
— Michel de Montaigne
Who Wrote These Token Quotes
113 authors contributed a total of 124 Token Quotes, led by these top contributors: