Sigrid Undset Quotes
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
Victor Hugo -
Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
Ralph Steadman -
Sharia law does not exist in the Koran. It was created by man.
Fatema Mernissi -
Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
W. H. Davies -
It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
J. B. Smoove -
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Samuel Johnson
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
Tariq Ramadan -
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken -
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
Carl Sandburg -
We can learn from everybody, man.
Dan Quinn -
I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
J. B. Smoove -
If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
Candace Bushnell
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
Wayne Coyne -
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
C. S. Lewis -
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
J. P. Morgan -
It comes down to personal style, and that's what's sexy and attractive in a man.
Hannah Simone -
When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous!
Wally Schirra
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It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where none ought to be had. Any man might have his coming to him to ask him grace or judgment in such case as the king may give.
Jack Cade -
If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose.
Carol Plum-Ucci -
Let your mind alone, and see what happens.
Virgil Thomson -
Don't forget that we lawyers, we're a higher breed of intellect, and so it's our privilege to lie. It's as clear as day. Animals can't even imagine lying: if you were to find yourself among some wild islanders, they too would only speak the truth until they learned about European culture.
Yevgeny Zamyatin -
What was the first name of the Houston club? It wasn't the Astros. It was the Colt .45s. A lot of guys now will say Colt 45 is a beer. But it was also a pistol, and it went right with Texas.
Pat Gillick -
All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them.
Sigrid Undset