(9 quotes found)
“Had you any eye behind you, you might see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before you.”
William Shakespeare
“Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending”
“It's so beautiful around here, we didn't want to detract from such a fantastic spot.”
Lexi Showell
“I don't want what happened to detract from the game. (Owen J. Roberts) played just an outstanding game. It's just a shame they didn't get to enjoy it at the end of the game like they should have.”
Randy Reber
“Well, he was a bigot, but that doesn't detract from anything he accomplished on the field,”
Dick Clark
“The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.”
Louis Auchincloss
“[Elimination should not detract from the progress made since Walter Smith took up the reins at the turn of the year though, inevitably and for all the players' protestations, this was an unnerving plummet from raised expectations.] Our beginning in this group was disastrous but, although we gave ourselves a glimmer of hope, unfortunately it's not happened, ... The main aim for us [when Smith was appointed] was to restore pride and look forward to the European Championship qualifiers. That was the long-term plan and I think we're still on track.”
Darren Fletcher
“I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime.”
Chris Bell
“You do have a lot of personal attacks against the president, but they don't detract from the real issues that matter to the American people.”
Brian Darling
