Brave Quote by Samuel Johnson

An epithet or metaphor drawn from nature ennobles art; an epithet or metaphor drawn from art degrades nature.

— Samuel Johnson

Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

— Joseph Joubert

There will be little drudgery in this better ordered world. Natural power harnessed in machines will be the general drudge. What drudgery is inevitable…

— H. G. Wells

The decision to give an indicative date for a return is a mistake. It degrades the process. It degrades human life.

— David Trimble

So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other…

— Greg Graffin

If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' You…

— Seth Godin

“And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the circular size of it, to…

— Anthony Liccione

You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don't speak. You close your colleges…

— Frederick Douglass

... one pets what one degrades; and one has to support what one has enfeebled

— Phyllis Bottome

Psychoanalysis is a technique we practice at our cost; psychoanalysis degrades our risks, our dangers, our depths; it strips us of our impurities, of…

— Emile M. Cioran

For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no…

— Nancy Gibbs

Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it's a positive step forward.

— Marco Rubio