We Seldom Quotes

49 quotes by 43 authors

We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service. — Bernard de Mandeville
A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at… — Torbern Bergman
And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or… — Sam Abell
We seldom stop to think how many people's lives are entwined with our own. It is a form of selfishness to imagine that every individual… — Ivy Baker Priest
We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and gorillas is much… — Richard Dawkins
Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life. — Tom Kenny
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. — Learned Hand
Like most musicians, Im good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our heads to contemplate… — Tony Levin
I think most of us look at personal delights as somewhere between minimally important and borderline immoral. We like them, but we're not sure we… — Victoria Moran
So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit. — Thomas a Kempis
We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which… — Jean de la Bruyere
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in creation and have… — Henri Nouwen
We seldom give each other advice-I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage. — Laura Bush
We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become… — Gordon B. Hinckley
We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack. — Oliver Goldsmith
We seldom see anybody who is not uneasy or afraid to live. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To undo mistakes is always harder than not to create them originally, but we seldom have foresight. Therefore, we have no choice but to try… — Eleanor Roosevelt
What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world,… — Robert Musil

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