(578 quotes found)
“The bird thinks it a favor to give the fish a lift in the air”
Rabindranath Tagore
“Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence and usefulness”
Charles Simmons
“The more I get to know about lawyers, the more I'm in favor of hangin'.”
Mark Twain
“If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party”
Dag Hammarskjold
“People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.”
Clare Short
“O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, more pangs and fears than wars or women have, and when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again.”
William Shakespeare
“Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on.”
Amelia E. Barr
“Wagner was a monster. He was anti-Semitic on Mondays and vegetarian on Tuesdays. On Wednesday he was in favor of annexing Newfoundland, Thursday he wanted to sink Venice and Friday he wanted to blow up the pope.”
Tony Palmer
“A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.”
Publilius Syrus
“We're vulnerable on that one, ... They've done quite a job on me as 'favoring the rich' in our tax policies.”
Ronald Reagan
