Quotation Search

To search for quotations, enter a phrase to search for in the quotation, a whole or partial author name, or both. Also specify the collections to search in below. See the Search Instructions for details.


Quotation:

   Author:
MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Poor Man's College Rand Lindsly's Quotes
Internet Collections The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

[About the Collections]

Results of search for Quote or Author: being - Page 5 of 59
Showing results 41 to 50 of 584 total quotations found.
<- Previous Page Pages: ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8... Next Page ->

Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
[info][add][mail][note]
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- More quotations on: [Writing]
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
[info][add][mail][note]
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
- More quotations on: [Ignorance]
There are too many people, and too few human beings.
[info][add][mail][note]
Robert Zend
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
[info][add][mail][note]
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "Last Chance to See"
- More quotations on: [Experience]
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
[info][add][mail][note]
Harold Wilson (1916 - 1995)
- More quotations on: [Courage]
I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
[info][add][mail][note]
Jean Kerr
- More quotations on: [Beauty]
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
[info][add][mail][note]
George Ade (1866 - 1944), "Fables in Slang", 1899
- More quotations on: [Writing]
A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest.
[info][add][mail][note]
William Feather (1908 - 1976)
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
[info][add][mail][note]
Samuel McChord Crothers
- More quotations on: [Failure] [Perfection]
If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
[info][add][mail][note]
P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
<- Previous Page Pages: ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8... Next Page ->
Results of search for Quote or Author: being - Page 5 of 59
Showing results 41 to 50 of 584 total quotations found.

Can't find what you're looking for? Try browsing our list of quotations by subject..