(849 quotes found)
“A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and weakness, his prejudices and preferences. Particularly is this the case if, to the character of a collector, he adds -- or tries to add -- the qualities of a student who wishes to know the books and the lives of the men who wrote them. The friendships of his life, the phases of his growth, the vagaries of his mind, all are represented.”
William Osler
“Strange how a teapot Can represent at the same time The comforts of solitude And the pleasures of company”
Zen Haiku
“The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in the country have.”
Harry S Truman
“The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.”
Byron R. White
“We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.”
Deborah Tannen
“Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.”
Catherine Douzel
“Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”
Coretta Scott King
“An orotundity, which I define as Nobelitis a pomposity in which one is treated as representative of more than oneself by someone conscious of representing more than himself.”
William G. Golding
“Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?”
Nikita Khrushchev
“Is there anyone I wouldn't take as a client? Well, I'd never represent a banker.”
Gerry Spence
