Great short quotes - Page 211

Henry Sedgwick

We think so because other people al…

15 Feb , 2011  

We think so because other people all think so; or because after all, we do think so; or because we were told so, and think we must think so; or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; or because, having thought so, we think we will think so. Great short quote […]

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We think very few people sensible, …

15 Feb , 2011  

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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We think very little of time presen…

15 Feb , 2011  

We think very little of time present; we anticipate the future, as being too slow, and with a view to hasten it onward, we recall the past to stay it as too swiftly gone. We are so thoughtless, that we thus wander through the hours which are not here, regardless only of the moment that […]

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Margaret Atwod

We thought we were running away fro…

15 Feb , 2011  

We thought we were running away from the grown-ups, and now we are the grown-ups. Great short quote and quotation by: Margaret Atwod ,

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Stephen Vincent Benet, Litany for Dictatorships, 1935

We thought, because we had power, w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Vincent Benet, Litany for Dictatorships, 1935 , US poet & short story author (1898 – 1943)

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W. R. Inge

We tolerate shapes in human beings …

15 Feb , 2011  

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. Great short quote and quotation by: W. R. Inge ,

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From Petronii Arbitri Satyricon AD 66 (Attributed to Gaius Petronus, a Roman General who later committed suicide)

We trained hard, but it seemed ever…

15 Feb , 2011  

We trained hard, but it seemed every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and […]

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Caius Petronius, Roman Consul, 66 A.D.

We trained hard, but it seemed that…

15 Feb , 2011  

We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised.? I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency […]

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Emily Dickinson

We turn not older with years, but n…

15 Feb , 2011  

We turn not older with years, but newer every day. Great short quote and quotation by: Emily Dickinson , US poet (1830 – 1886)

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We two are to ourselves a crowd….

15 Feb , 2011  

We two are to ourselves a crowd. Great short quote and quotation by: Ovid , Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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We use 10 percent of our brains. Im…

15 Feb , 2011  

We use 10 percent of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60 percent. Great short quote and quotation by: Ellen DeGeneres , US comedian and actress

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Ellen DeGeneres

We use 10% of our brains. Imagine h…

15 Feb , 2011  

We use 10% of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60%. Great short quote and quotation by: Ellen DeGeneres , US comedian and actress

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