Best Worse Wisdom
3617 Worse quotes by 2329 unique authors
-
Physicists only talk to physicists, economists to economists-worse still, nuclear physicists only talk to nuclear physicists and econometricians to econometricians. One wonders sometimes if science…
— Kenneth E. Boulding
-
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we…
— Charles Caleb Colton
-
Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except…
— Charles Darwin
-
Someday someone will write a pathology of experimental physics and bring to light all those swindles which subvert our reason, beguile our judgement and, what…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
-
It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man…
— Archibald MacLeish
-
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth…
— John Stuart Mill
-
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would…
— Christopher Hitchens
-
There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We…
— C.S. Lewis
-
Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information. And so the point is to find design strategies that reveal detail and complexity…
— Edward Tufte
-
Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs.
— William Wordsworth
-
To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but…
— Saint John Chrysostom
-
The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.
— Terry Goodkind
-
This one guy, the worse guy in the music. The Yanni man. You know Yanni? First of all, anyone who looks like a magician and…
— Dave Attell
-
Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow…
— Zig Ziglar
-
Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be…
— Charles Churchill
-
For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those…
— Elie Wiesel
-
He's been a top player for the last 10 years, and we all work on our swings, we all change things. We keep working and…
— Ernie Els
-
It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.
— Nubar Gulbenkian
-
Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and…
— Prince Charles
-
I cannot think of a worse way of destroying an animal. Only two other methods come to mind, and they are similar. One is to…
— Unknown Author
-
That's right-the striking thing about greenhouse gases is the diversity of sources that emit them. A herd of cattle belching can be worse than highway…
— Thomas Friedman
-
I can't think of anything worse after a night of drinking than waking up next to someone and not being able to remember their name,…
— Laura Kightlinger
-
God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse.
— Arthur W. Pink
-
Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none
— David Brainerd
-
There's nothing worse than the feeling of wishing you had another chance at a play because you weren't ready. Every athlete has those feelings to…
— Karch Kiraly
More Ways to Read Worse Quotes
Who Wrote These Worse Quotes
2,329 authors contributed a total of 3,617 Worse Quotes, led by these top contributors: