Bad idea Quote by Sydney J. Harris Download Open image “The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.” — Sydney J. Harris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad idea Betrayed Decent Men World
A world ought to have a few genuine good guys, and not just a spectrum of people running from bad to worse. — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
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The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage of their own greatness — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes:… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority... — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?' — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
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One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
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