Tolerable Quotes

122 quotes by 110 authors

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself. — Thomas Jefferson
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements. — George Bernard Shaw
Let them like the Tibetans, chew the cud of their "om mane padme hum" innumerable times, or, as in Benares, count the name of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Fire is the most tolerable third party — Henry David Thoreau
This world, such as it is, is not tolerable. Therefore I need the moon, or happiness, or immortality, I need something which is perhaps demented,… — Albert Camus
Love is the only principle which makes life tolerable. — Aleister Crowley
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break… — Robert A. Heinlein
The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare - one that… — George Soros
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable. — Bergen Evans
The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by. — Sebastian Junger
The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What has happened here [aftermath of 9/11] is not war in its traditional sense. This is clearly a crime against humanity. War crimes are crimes… — Benjamin B. Ferencz
No previous civilization has been able to achieve it, nor can we see even in the remote distance, that day of the Messiah, when national… — Leon Pinsker
But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the inspector, it was… — Andrea Camilleri
The best known evil is the most tolerable. — Livy
Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; theyâ€™re pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer.… — Paul A. Offit
This is a common experience in my traveling. I plod along, thinking what a miserable world this is and what miserable fellows we that inhabit… — Henry David Thoreau
To most of America, war has become not only tolerable but profitable, and so there is no longer any great incentive to end it. — James Risen
Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely. — Learned Hand
Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable. — Mignon McLaughlin

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