"There is no such thing as an underestimate……" — Henry Adams
"There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence."
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158 Quotes by Henry Adams
Henry Adams has 158 quotes on this site.
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Friends are born, not made.
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
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The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in…
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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing…
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
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Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
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I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that…
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Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
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At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
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All experience is an arch, to build upon.
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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
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More Average Quotes
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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I think that it's important that the American people know that Barack Obama didn't have a mild association with Bill…
— Michele Bachmann
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On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because…
— Michael Badnarik
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For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living…
— Russell Banks
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I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
— Tyra Banks
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I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in…
— Ben Barnes
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I will barnstorm American living rooms. Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be…
— Roseanne Barr
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all…
— Dave Barry
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It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done…
— Bruce Barton
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or…
— Bernard Baruch
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Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month.
— Bob Beauprez
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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