(68 quotes found)
“Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that it is sure to hurt those who touch it; and likely to draw blood, perhaps the life blood of those who press earnestly upon it.”
Walter Savage Landor
“The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw.”
Humphrey Davy
“Of all the husbands on the earth, The sailor has the finest berth, For in 'is cabin he can sit, And sail and sail and let 'er knit”
Wallace Irwin
“If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.”
Gen Nathan F. Twining
“In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.”
Harold Bloom
“The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.”
Bertolt Brecht
“The finest amusements are the most pointless ones”
Jacques Chardonne
“His finest hour lasted a minute and a half”
Phyllis Diller
“America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.”
Bobcat Goldthwaite
“It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest half hour.”
Bill Clinton
