Whim Quotes
201 Whim quotes by 180 unique authors
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Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
— Charles Churchill
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How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of us even lower our gaze…
— Ibn Taymiyyah
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No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live. As long as…
— Darren Criss
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I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and…
— Joan Van Ark
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
— Rachel Hunter
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Conservatives in general, and even so called Tea Party conservatives, are not against transportation spending. Indeed, interstate commerce is one purpose of interstate highways and…
— Unknown Author
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As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will…
— George W. Bush
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But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
— Edward Abbey
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Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
— Stephen Breyer
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And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an…
— Galileo Galilei
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But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children are without health…
— John F. Kerry
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Let no-one define how you see yourself...save God alone. See yourself through His eyes and His strength, and you'll see who you can be despite…
— Tamera Alexander
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If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage…
— Brendon Ayanbadejo
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Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.
— Peter Block
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Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career.
— Jean-Georges Noverre
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out…
— Clement Attlee
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The photographer's intentions do not determine the meaning of a photograph, which will have its own career, blown by the whims and loyalties of the…
— Susan Sontag
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It is impossible to devise a scientific experiment to describe the creation process, or even to ascertain whether such a process can take place. The…
— Henry M. Morris
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Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.
— M.F.K. Fisher
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