Whose Quotes
883 quotes by 772 authors
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which…
— James Madison
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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy…
— James Madison
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The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.
— Rene Magritte
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A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until…
— Norman Mailer
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Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was…
— David Mamet
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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply…
— Nelson Mandela
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A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.
— Thomas Mann
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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
— Don Marquis
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Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.
— Jose Marti
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
— Andre Maurois
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Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother…
— Joyce Maynard
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When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him…
— Phyllis McGinley
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A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right…
— Marshall McLuhan
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
— Herman Melville
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
— H. L. Mencken
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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose,…
— Thomas Merton
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Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and…
— Alice Miller
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It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and…
— Kevin Mitnick
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Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.
— James Montgomery
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