Short quotations about, people - Page 15

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whenever I hear people talking abou…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever I hear people talking about “liberal ideas,” I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in […]

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Whenever people agree with me I alw…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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Whenever people agree with me I alw…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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Whenever people agree with me I alw…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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Whenever people agree with me I alw…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.

Whenever, therefore, people are dec…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)

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Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no vision, the peopl…

15 Feb , 2011  

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Great short quote and quotation by: Proverbs 29:18 ,

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Theodore H. White, The Making of the President, 1960

Whether a man is burdened by power …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them — this is of the essence of leadership. Great short quote and quotation by: Theodore H. White, The Making of the […]

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Carl Sagan

Who are we? We find that we live on…

15 Feb , 2011  

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Sagan , US astronomer & popularizer of astronomy (1934 – […]

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Lord Chesterfield, letter to his godson, December 18, 1765

Wit is so shining a quality that ev…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Lord Chesterfield, letter to his godson, December 18, 1765 , (1694 – 1773)

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Steven Weinberg, quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999

With or without religion, you would…

15 Feb , 2011  

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Great short quote and quotation by: Steven Weinberg, quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999 , US physicist (1933 – )

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

With most people unbelief in one th…

15 Feb , 2011  

With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another. Great short quote and quotation by: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , (1742 – 1799)

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