Whereas Quotes
1000 quotes by 838 authors
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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of…
— Aristotle
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas…
— Karen Armstrong
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
— Saint Augustine
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Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.
— David Bailey
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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
— Bryan Adams
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The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.
— Dave Barry
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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into…
— William Bernbach
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most…
— Gary Becker
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Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It…
— Ingrid Bergman
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A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of…
— Annie Besant
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My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act,…
— Jo Brand
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I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon have had to spend hundreds of millions of pounds you…
— Richard Branson
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I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear a baseball cap, whereas most…
— Bill Bryson
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It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very…
— Deborah Bull
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You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at…
— Alan Alda
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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
— Lord Byron
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After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.
— Albert Camus
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