Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .Arthur Conan Doyle
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I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.
Ted Yoho -
While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
Rahm Emanuel -
I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.
Taylor Caldwell -
Societies in which we are able to unify ourselves around values and ideals and character and how we treat each other and cooperation and innovation, ultimately are gonna be more successful than societies that don't.
Barack Obama -
The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.
Oscar Wilde -
The magic of drama is infinitely more powerful than the magic of trickery. It is as available to the conjurer as it is to the actor. The only difference is that actors take it for granted, whereas few conjurers are even aware that it exists.
Hake Talbot
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You make an open-ended proposition and the audience completes it somehow. That’s what you hope an artwork to be-a constantly living thing.
Cornelia Parker -
My old man never liked me. He gave me my allowance in traveler's checks.
Jack Roy -
We've been getting progressively better which is good. We haven't been consistent. We've been up and down, but I'm more encouraged than discouraged. It's been an up and down year. We had a real fine game against DePaul and I can tell you I am looking forward to this game.
C. Vivian Stringer -
For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manner that laws may be maintained. [It., Perche, cosi come i buoni costumi, per mantenersi, hanno bisogno delli leggi; cosi le leggi per ossevarsi, hanno bisogno de' buoni costumi.]
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet.
Isabella Bird -
Beauty, it would seem, was both a blessing and a curse.
Bertrice Small
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Politicians who do not use the Bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office.
Beverly LaHaye -
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Carl Sagan -
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Euripides -
When we understand that all animals are our relatives, perhaps then we will treat them as our brothers and sisters.
Anthony Douglas Williams -
I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
Augustus -
An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle