Washington Allston Quotes
If I prove extravagant, I shall be more so from ignorance than willfulness. I am not wholly insensible to the pleasures of the world, therefore shall not be governed entirely by necessity; but I flatter myself, at least, in being able to restrain their gratification within due bonds.Washington Allston
Quotes to Explore
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
Kate Hudson -
To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
Dag Hammarskjold -
The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
Hanna Rosin -
I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
Haley Barbour -
I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
Gabrielle Aplin -
These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
Larry Flynt
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The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.
H. Allen Smith -
Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing!
Nathan Myhrvold -
It's all for a reason and all happened the way it was supposed to happen.
Carlene Carter -
At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.
Damien Chazelle -
I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
Oscar Wilde -
No gentleman ever has any money.
Oscar Wilde
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If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.
Oscar Wilde -
...we like somebody who succeeds with such bad conscience, and who seems to wish that he had the nerve to be a failure or, better still, something to which the terms success and failure don’t apply-as when Mallory said, about Everest: 'Success is meaningless here.'
Randall Jarrell -
I think about people like Jeff Bezos or Reed Hastings, and I really marvel at the stamina they've had to keep on trucking no matter what happens.
Jennifer Hyman -
Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.
Brian Greene -
I kiss grandmas because they're clean. I haven't picked anything up from a grandma yet.
Don Ho -
Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.
Jeff Landry
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Paranormal events are just edges of the infinite we 'happen' to encounter.
Clarence Douglas Dillon -
The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.
Vladimir Putin -
I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
Tanya Tucker -
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
Victor Hugo -
If I prove extravagant, I shall be more so from ignorance than willfulness. I am not wholly insensible to the pleasures of the world, therefore shall not be governed entirely by necessity; but I flatter myself, at least, in being able to restrain their gratification within due bonds.
Washington Allston