Undesirable Quotes

74 quotes by 68 authors

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. — Ambrose Bierce
It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of… — Grover Cleveland
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will. — William James
Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects. — Leon Kass
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true — Bertrand Russell
Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side effect of raising… — Paul Krugman
We may not doubt that society in heaven consists mainly of undesirable persons. — Mark Twain
Objectivity is impossible and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have any kind of… — Howard Zinn
Our persona was not created by accident; it was created in order to camouflage the parts of ourselves we deemed the most undesirable and to… — Debbie Ford
My parents taught me that AIDS was a man-made disease designed to get rid of the undesirable people. — Kanye West
The best way to overcome undesirable or negative thoughts and feelings is to cultivate the positive ones. — William Walker Atkinson
Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is reallyworrisome. — Mohammad Khatami
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of… — Chogyam Trungpa
As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. — Fredrik Bajer
There are many matters and many circumstances in which consciousness is undesirable and silence is golden, so that secrecy can be used as a marker… — Gregory Bateson
We need only take our heads out of the sand to see clearly that interventionism not only has failed to provide the promised something-for-nothing, but… — Leonard Read
If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not… — Larry McMurtry
An awakened imagination works with a purpose. It creates and conserves the desirable, and transforms or destroys the undesirable. — Neville Goddard
In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between… — Walter Lang

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