Critical Quote by John Fowles Download Open image “Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.” — John Fowles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Critical Duty Duty Largely Pretending Pretending Trivial Responsibility Trivial Trivial Critical
Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience. — Henry Edward Manning Copy Share Image
Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Duty is one and invariable; it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does. What people think and believe and plan are all very… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Duty is that mode of action which constitutes the best application of the capacity of the individual to the general advantage. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone. — Marlene Dietrich Copy Share Image
I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The sky is absolutely empty. Beautifully pure and empty. As if the architects and builders would live in all the houses they built! Or… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The evolution of human mentality has put us all in vitro now, behind the glass wall of our own ingenuity.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? — John Fowles Copy Share Image
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Long afterwards I realized why some men, racing drivers and their like, become addicted to speed. There are those of us who never see… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life. — John Donne Copy Share Image
It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without a vision there is no possibility of creating something larger than what al-ready exists. An entrepreneur has to be able to bring something… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
But whether you stay or go, the critical decision you can make is to stop letting your partner distort the lens of your life,… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
As a businessperson, I dont have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
It has never been more critical that a leader step forward to accelerate our understanding of cancer - and champion the effort to finally… — Victor J. Dzau Copy Share Image
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
