Undesirable Quotes

74 Undesirable quotes by 66 unique authors

When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. The baits… — John Owen
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served… — Joshua
A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put… — Gottlob Frege
One who loves Krishna will give Him whatever He wants, and he avoids offering anything which is undesirable or unasked for. Thus, meat, fish and… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to… — Abraham Maslow
Contrary to what some folks would have us believe, it is not tragic, even if undesirable, for a person to leave a liberal arts education… — Bell Hooks
Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so. — Cyril Connolly
It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water; also lack of appetite has always… — Ivan Pavlov
It's a paradox that most parents would never let their children associate with an undesirable person in their neighborhood, but many think nothing of letting… — Randall Wright
Falling in love is not an act of will. It is not a conscious choice. No matter how open to or eager for it we… — M. Scott Peck
The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see… — Gary Bauer
I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me, that they would have begged the pardon of Jack the Bear, never glancing… — Ralph Ellison
When you see evil do not form ideas that are in the likeness of that evil; do not think of the evil as bad, but… — Christian D. Larson
Values heavily influence the practice of health habits. For example, exercise for women may be considered desirable in one culture but undesirable in another.(Donovan, Jessor,… — Shelley E. Taylor
The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither… — George F. Kennan
It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process. — David Souter
Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason… — Rachel Carson
How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such… — Saint Francis de Sales
English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation – the undesirable face… — Patricia Ryan
My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid… — Christopher Hitchens
School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are… — Ivan Illich
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities. — Bertrand Russell
As smart technologies become more intrusive, they risk undermining our autonomy by suppressing behaviors that someone somewhere has deemed undesirable. — Evgeny Morozov
Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and… — Aldous Huxley
If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness,"… — Theodore Roosevelt

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