"Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to……" — Lincoln Steffens
"Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure."
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52 Quotes by Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Steffens has 52 quotes on this site.
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Somebody must take a chance. There are monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around…
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In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has to be discovered. We know only a few streaks about astronomy.…
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The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.
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Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet…
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First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough"…
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Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.
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Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality,…
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I have seen the future, and it works.
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So youve been over into Russia? said Bernard Baruch, and I answered very literally, I have been over into the…
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The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a…
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My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into…
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Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over.
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More Boston Quotes
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,…
— Diane Ackerman
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I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise…
— Ben Affleck
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In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.
— Tom Brady
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.
— Bill Bryson
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I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart…
— Gisele Bundchen
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About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized…
— Howie Carr
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I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.
— Raymond Chandler
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It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams.
— Julian Casablancas
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I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.
— Fred Allen
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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