Oppression is more easily endured than insult. Junius
Oppression is more easily endured than insult.InsultsQuotations by Junius
Month: November 2008
Never insult an alligator until you’ve crossed the river. Cordell Hull
Never insult an alligator until you’ve crossed the river.InsultsQuotations by Cordell Hull
The best way to procure insults is to submit to them. William Hazlitt
The best way to procure insults is to submit to them.InsultsQuotations by William Hazlitt
You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult. Judge Hall
You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.InsultsQuotations by Judge Hall
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. Benjamin Franklin
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.InsultsQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
Calumny is only the noise of madmen. Diogenes of Sinope
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.InsultsQuotations by Diogenes of Sinope
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.InsultsQuotations by Rene Descartes
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. Sam Brown
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.InsultsQuotations by Sam Brown
By indignities men come to dignities. Francis Bacon
By indignities men come to dignities.InsultsQuotations by Francis Bacon
Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both. Joseph Addison
Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both.InsultsQuotations by Joseph Addison
The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. George Santayana
The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.InstitutionsQuotations by George Santayana
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. John Kenneth Galbraith
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.InstitutionsQuotations by John Kenneth Galbraith
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. Ralph Waldo Emerson
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.InstitutionsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. Sir William Osler
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.InstinctQuotations by Sir William Osler
Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. Friedrich Nietzsche
Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes.InstinctQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. James Russell Lowell
It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.InstinctQuotations by James Russell Lowell
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.InstinctQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Instinct is the nose of the mind. Madame de Girardin
Instinct is the nose of the mind.InstinctQuotations by Madame de Girardin
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.InstinctQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Instinct is untaught ability. Alexander Bain
Instinct is untaught ability.InstinctQuotations by Alexander Bain
An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid furniture. Source Unknown
An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid furniture.InspirationQuotations by Source Unknown
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. Cole Porter
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.InspirationQuotations by Cole Porter
You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there’s no body at home. Alexander Pope
You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there’s no body at home.InspirationQuotations by Alexander Pope
The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. Comer Cotrell
The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation.InspirationQuotations by Comer Cotrell
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. William Congreve
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.InspirationQuotations by William Congreve
There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration. Marcus T. Cicero
There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.InspirationQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought. Robert Browning
Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.InspirationQuotations by Robert Browning
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best — that is inspiration. Robert Bresson
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best — that is inspiration.InspirationQuotations by Robert Bresson
The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding. Bible
The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding.InspirationQuotations by Bible
The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. Leonard Cohen
The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.InsomniaQuotations by Leonard Cohen
What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities. Source Unknown
What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.InsincerityQuotations by Source Unknown
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. John Webster
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.InsignificanceQuotations by John Webster
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. Charles Horton Cooley
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.InsignificanceQuotations by Charles Horton Cooley
A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.InsightsQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hamming’s Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. Hamming
Hamming’s Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.InsightsQuotations by Hamming
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. Thomas Carlyle
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.InsightsQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people. Orson Welles
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.InsensitivityQuotations by Orson Welles
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn’t threaten us. David Mamet
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn’t threaten us.InsecurityQuotations by David Mamet
There is no insanity so devastating in man’s life as utter sanity. William Allen White
There is no insanity so devastating in man’s life as utter sanity.InsanityQuotations by William Allen White
Only the insane have strength enough to survive. Only the survivors determine what is sane. Source Unknown
Only the insane have strength enough to survive. Only the survivors determine what is sane.InsanityQuotations by Source Unknown