George Herbert Quotes
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert
Quotes to Explore
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
E. Joseph Cossman
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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
Taiye Selasi
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
Hamza Yusuf
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I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.
Najib Razak
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Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
Nancy Gibbs
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There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.
Iman
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Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
Khalil Gibran
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The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in reality.
Chris Avery
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I would like to assemble a group of coaches that carry two common traits: great passion and great integrity. Kerry has great passion for the game, for recruiting, for his players and for people overall.
Bret Bielema
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Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.
Garry Kasparov
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What is this thing between women, like men are a joke that women all told each other long ago but men never get it.
Orson Scott Card
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert