(1543 quotes found)
“Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?”
Philip Roth
“I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight. . .”
Ella Baker
“A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.”
Horace
“The story of the whale swallowing Jonah, though a whale is large enough to do it, borders greatly on the marvelous; but it would have approached nearer to the idea of a miracle if Jonah had swallowed the whale”
Thomas Paine
“Ray- What is a large group of moose? Mooses?Mikey- No way! It's Meesi.Gerard- F*ck Off! It's Meese.”
Gerard Way
“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If you love large, you've got to hurt large. If you've got a lot of light, you've probably got an equal amount of darkness.”
Sarah McLachlan
“Farrell's Bar in Brooklyn had urinals so large they looked like shower stalls for Toulouse-Lautrec.”
Joe Flaherty
“A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.”
Cyrano De Bergerac
“I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.”
John Major