(330 quotes found)
“The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.”
Eric Hoffer
“If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.”
Imelda Marcos
“The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic -in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea -known to medical science is work.”
Thomas S. Szasz
“Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.”
Hannah Arendt
“We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.”
David Mamet
“Everything can be learned, including, to a very large extent, to be what you are not. You can learn to be pretty if you are plain, charming if you are dull, thin if you are fat, youthful if you are aging, how to write though you are inarticulate, how to make money though you are not good with figures.”
Henry Anatole Grunwald
“One is Christianized to the extent that he is a Christianizer. One is evangelized to the extent that he is an evangelist.”
L.J. Suenens
“I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.”
Spiro T. Agnew
“We were surprised by the extent of the problem, especially among the insured,”
Michelle Malkin
“Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.”
Sarah Caldwell
