Great short quotes - Page 169

Sir Winston Churchill, March 1936, demanding British re-armament

Virtuous motives, trammeled by iner…

15 Feb , 2011  

Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions of humble folk into total war. The cheers of the weak, well-meaning assemblies soon cease to count. Doom marches on. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir […]

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Vision – It reaches beyond the thin…

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Vision – It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Collier ,

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

Vitality shows in not only the abil…

15 Feb , 2011  

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. Great short quote and quotation by: F. Scott Fitzgerald , US novelist (1896 – 1940)

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Vladimir: That passed the time.

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Vladimir: That passed the time.Estragon: It would have passed in any case.Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1955) , Irish author, dramatist, & novelist in France (1906 – 1989)

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Vote early and vote often….

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Vote early and vote often. Great short quote and quotation by: Al Capone , US gangster (1899 – 1947)

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Vote early and vote often….

15 Feb , 2011  

Vote early and vote often. Great short quote and quotation by: Al Capone , US gangster (1899 – 1947)

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Henry David Thoreau, "An Essay on Civil Disobedience," 1849.

Voting for the right is doing nothi…

15 Feb , 2011  

Voting for the right is doing nothing for it. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David Thoreau, “An Essay on Civil Disobedience,” 1849. , US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

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Vox populi, vox humbug….

15 Feb , 2011  

Vox populi, vox humbug. Great short quote and quotation by: William Tecumseh Sherman ,

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P.A. Fiorentino

Wagner drives the nail into your he…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wagner drives the nail into your head with swinging hammer blows. Great short quote and quotation by: P.A. Fiorentino ,

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Pericles, from Plutarch, Lives

Wait for that wisest of all counsel…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time. Great short quote and quotation by: Pericles, from Plutarch, Lives , Greek politician in Athens (490 BC – 429 BC)

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French Proverb

Wait until it is night before sayin…

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Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day. Great short quote and quotation by: French Proverb ,

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Gretel Ehrlich

Walking is also an ambulation of mi…

15 Feb , 2011  

Walking is also an ambulation of mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Gretel Ehrlich ,

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