George Eliot Quotes

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.

George Eliot

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• I like to prove people wrong.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • People
  • Like
  • Wrong

• But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.

  

  Patrick Marber
  • Person
  • Wrong
  • Go

• The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Me
  • Right
  • Kiss

• One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Great
  • Know
  • Mom

• I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Way
  • Me
  • Wrong

• Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Technology
  • Humanity
  • Wrong

• The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • True
  • Wrong

• Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • You
  • Wrong
  • Boring

• I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.

  

  Hannah Gadsby
  • Idea
  • Wrong
  • Conversation

• I love proving people wrong.

  

  Ed Belfour
  • People
  • Wrong
  • Proving

• People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.

  

  Kate Bush
  • People
  • Said
  • Wrong

• If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Happy
  • Process
  • Wrong

• To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Wrong
  • Doors
  • Philosophical

• I'll get in the face of anyone I think is wrong.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • Think
  • Face
  • Wrong

• Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • Wrong
  • Expression
  • Europe

• I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Think
  • Feel
  • Wrong

• There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.

  

  J. Carter Brown
  • Way
  • Cat
  • Wrong

• As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.

  

  Barbara Ann Radnofsky
  • People
  • Pay
  • Protect

• When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the squiggly 'E.' I wanted, from an early age, to be a writer, and that name - that E - was a way of pretending I knew how to do it.

  

  Karen Bender
  • School
  • Age
  • Name

• Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

  

  David Baldacci
  • People
  • Reading
  • Democracy

• When I went to Impact, it was me proving myself on a daily basis to a lot of different people. I mean, I had matches with Austin Aries, matches with Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode, Drew McIntyre. I mean, I wrestled everyone. During that time, I wasn't just sitting back saying, 'Man, I hope WWE picks me up. I hope they see me. I hope to get back.'

  

  Bobby Lashley
  • I Hope
  • Matches
  • Proving

• If you go to my shows, 90 percent of my fans are females between the ages of eleven and eighteen. People look at me like a living mannequin; all of these girls want pink hair. They want the cool makeup and contact lenses and cool clothes.

  

  Jeffree Star
  • Fans
  • Makeup
  • Clothes

• That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.

  

  George Eliot
  • Wrong
  • Yoke