Vices Quotes

1188 Vices quotes by 758 unique authors

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa. — Henri Poincare
I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared… — Stephen Colbert
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. — Oliver Goldsmith
Happiness is a kind of gratitude and vice versa. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Appearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous as they are, as I have with my impatience. My efforts are… — John Calvin
What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants… — James Cook
The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures, only, in the case of man, it is vice or property… — Rosa Bonheur
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. — Ambrose Bierce
DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer,… — Ambrose Bierce
People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president. — Susan Estrich
Brand-name growth stocks ordinarily command the highest p/e ratios. Rising prices beget attention, and vice versa - but only to a point. Eventually their growth… — John Neff
Through experiments over the past few decades physicists have discovered matter to be completely mutable into other particles or energy and vice-versa and on a… — Barbara Brennan
Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People… — William Blum
Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just… — Jon Foreman
A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but… — Karl Popper
Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own… — Unknown Author
Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground but I think people would be better served… — Paul Ryan
Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy… — Marty Meehan
I call my life a beautiful mess and organised chaos. Its just always been like that. My entire life things have been attracted to me… — Mindy McCready
The Vice Presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit. — John Nance Garner
The vice-presidency isnt worth a bucket of warm piss, — John Nance Garner
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish. — Theodore Dalrymple
I was always the hero with no vices, reciting practically the same lines to the leading lady. The current crop of movie actors are less… — Ramon Novarro
Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system. — James Richardson

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