What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 59
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 6
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci Italian Artist More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes 6
There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age. Helen Rowland American Writer More Helen Rowland Quotes 4
That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 3
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. Louisa May Alcott American Novelist More Louisa May Alcott Quotes 2
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison American President More James Madison Quotes 1
As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago? Hjalmar Branting Swedish Statesman More Hjalmar Branting Quotes 1
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. Mark Twain American Author More Mark Twain Quotes 1
Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it's a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation. Charles Ruff More Charles Ruff Quotes 1
I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family. Andrew Vachss American Author More Andrew Vachss Quotes 1
Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians. Marcel Proust French Author More Marcel Proust Quotes 1
Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas Merton American Author More Thomas Merton Quotes 1
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. Aldous Huxley English Novelist More Aldous Huxley Quotes 1
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. Thomas Huxley English Scientist More Thomas Huxley Quotes 1
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops. Hans Kung Swiss Theologian More Hans Kung Quotes 0
It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way. Adolf Loos Austrian Architect More Adolf Loos Quotes 0
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization. F. L. Lucas English Critic More F. L. Lucas Quotes 0
I don't understand why people whose entire lives or their corporate success depends on communication, and yet they are led on occasion by CEOs who cannot talk their way out of a paper bag and don't care to. Frank Luntz American Politician More Frank Luntz Quotes 0
On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance. Jean-Francois Lyotard French Philosopher More Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes 0
Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up. Kelly Lynch American Actress More Kelly Lynch Quotes 0
The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 0
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 0
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' Don Marquis American Poet More Don Marquis Quotes 0
Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance. James C. Maxwell Scottish Mathematician More James C. Maxwell Quotes 0