Whims Quotes

65 quotes by 60 authors

War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are… — David Wong
Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is something superficial and… — Madeleine Vionnet
I can't afford to step away from acting, but the one thing I've learnt after all these years is that I don't fit in. It's… — Paddy Considine
New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies. They crave the lights, and if they tell you differently, they're lying. Only dreamers come… — Charlie LeDuff
If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Nature is not something to be fought, conquered and changed according to any human whims. To some extent, of course, it has to be used.… — Richard M. Weaver
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one's self and because of just following one's whims. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to… — Ayn Rand
Obeying the Spirit instead of your own self-centered whims will lead you to places you've never been, challenge you in ways you have never been… — Bill Hybels
It inspired all sorts of whims and fancies that I ultimately wove into a fairy tale complete with muse, the earth, the moon, some famous… — Kit Williams
The bachelors admired freedom is often a yoke, for the freer a man is to himself the greater slave he often is to the whims… — George Jean Nathan
The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our… — Oscar Wilde
Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones; but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made… — Anatole France
Computers can bully us. A slow and unreliable system will bring even the toughest soul to their knees as they find themselves completely defenseless against… — Lou Ferrigno
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and… — Bill Watterson
The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the… — Jacob Burckhardt
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own… — Thomas Merton
The worst thing you want is a willy-nilly judge who is swayed by the political whims of the era or the time. What you want… — Sonia Sotomayor
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. — Jane Austen
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pool singing at… — Sara Teasdale

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