Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Otway

Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to.

Thomas Paine

These proceedings may at first seem strange and difficult, but like all other steps which we have already passed over, will in a little time become familiar and agreeable: and until an independence is declared, the Continent will feel itself like a man who continues putting off some unpleasant business from day to day, yet knows it must be done, hates to set about it, wishes it over, and is continually haunted with the thoughts of its necessity.

Thomas Paine

No man is prejudiced in favor of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its being right; and when he sees it is not so, the prejudice will be gone.

Thomas S. Monson

Do not yield to Satan's enticements; rather, stand firm for truth. The unsatisfied yearnings of the soul will not be met by a never-ending quest for joy amidst the thrills of sensation and vice. Vice never leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt never inspires faith.

Thomas S. Monson

Vice never leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt never inspires faith.

Thomas Sowell

I'm so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white.

Thomas Sowell

I hate to make predictions, but I think the economy is going to be permanently changed for the worse. I think our foreign policy is going to lead to changes that will be definitely for the worse, particularly if we drift into a nuclear Iran, which I gather that's what the administration is doing.

Thomas Sowell

Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart.

Tim Ferriss

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life

Tim Ferriss

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

Tiberius

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

Tibor Kalman

When you make something no one hates, no one loves it.

S. E. Hinton

They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side. They shouldn't hate each other...

S. E. Hinton

You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.

S. E. Hinton

They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .

Russell Peters

Terrorists hate Americans. Indians hate each other. A terrorist will blow up an airport. Indians like to work at the airport. That would be counter-productive.

Romain Rolland

To understand everything is to hate nothing.

Ron Paul

Because federal hate-crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society.

Ron Paul

Don't steal - the government hates competition!

Ron Paul

There is no such thing as a hate crime.

Sam Palladio

I hate those people that get up and they're amazing. I think you just have to be kind of wasted to go and do it.

Sam Neill

I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.

Saadi

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

Rumi

Do good to the people for the sake of God or for the peace of your own soul that you may always see what is pure and save your Heart from the darkness of hate

Roy Blount, Jr.

Twiddle-twiddle away at my softly clicky keyboard for a while, making twiddly adjustments all along- and then print what I have twiddled. Glare at the printout and snarl and curse and scribble almost illegibly all over it with a ballpoint pen. Go back to the machine and enter the scribbles. Repeat this procedure until I hate the very meaning of every word I know.

Roy H. Williams

Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

Ron Rash

What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather stick those pencils in your eyes. Sometimes I almost punish myself - if I'm not going be able to write, I'm not going be able to do anything else. I just sit there and wait.

Roland Emmerich

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

Susan Sarandon

I hate the assumption that once you're committed to someone you stop treating each other like individuals. I like getting up knowing I am choosing to be with that person.

Susan Orlean

Here's a habit I never thought I'd develop: I gravitate to anything online that's marked 'most popular' or 'most e-mailed.' And I hate myself a little bit every time I do.

Susan Estrich

People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 A.M. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

They reached the carriage house. When she turned the knob, he got all critical again. “Why isn’t this door locked?” “It’s Parrish. There’s not much point.” “We have crime here, just as any other place does. Keep this door locked from now on.” “Like that’s going to stop you. All you’d have to do is give it one good kick, and – “ “Not from me, you ninny!” “I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but if they find my body, you’re the one with the biggest grudge.” “It’s impossible to hold a rational conversation with you.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.