Typical Quotes

423 quotes by 390 authors

Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that time.… — Aldrich Ames
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in… — Alexander Koblencs
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact… — Garry Kasparov
Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic.… — Daniel Finkelstein
A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a… — Siegbert Tarrasch
A typical wine writer was once described as someone with a typewriter who was looking for his name in print, a free lunch, and a… — Frank J. Prial
Arnold Schwarzenegger is blaming man for global warming. And today, Al Gore agreed with him. That's so typical. Two cyborgs, 'Oh, let's blame the humans.' — Jay Leno
The typical eye sees the ten per cent bad of an idea and overlooks the ninety per cent good. — Charles Kettering
Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American… — Frank N. Ikard
War Is A Racket : I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all… — Smedley Butler
If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every… — Dave Barry
The terrain of Adamâ€™s Mountain provides a palette unique to the region. Rather than typical mountain slope play, the course is broad and open, allowing… — Tom Weiskopf
I like making images that from a distance seem kind of seductive, colorful, luscious and engaging, and then you realize what you're looking at is… — Cindy Sherman
I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut… — Barack Obama
I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation, — David Suchet
New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American. — Djuna Barnes
I don't have any premonitions. I don't have any supernatural powers. I just have a typical woman's intuition, and I go with that. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead
There are as many atoms in each molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. This is true for dogs, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas. — Hugh Bonneville

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