“ Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 2.8K
“ The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you. ”
- Tennessee Williams- Copy
- 626
“ All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 1.6K
“ An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 1.3K
“ What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ”
- Margot Asquith- Copy
- 49
“ All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise it would be called sure-thing taking. ”
- Tim McMahon- Copy
- 2.6K
“ When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours. ”
- Vine Deloria Jr.- Copy
- 1K
“ I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. ”
- George Canning- Copy
- 382
“ I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game: it's called an eraser. ”
- Arnold Palmer- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later. ”
- Mary Bly- Copy
- 239
“ He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called, 'It. ”
- Elinor Glyn- Copy
- 3.4K
“ When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web… Now even my cat has its own page. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Let no one who loves be called unhappy. For even love unreturned has its rainbow. ”
- J. M. Barrie- Copy
- 207
“ Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 4K
“ The funny thing about having all this so-called success is that behind it is a certain horrible emptiness. ”
- Sam Shepard- Copy
- 239
“ Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little. ”
- Nora Roberts- Copy
- 975
“ Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 1.7K
“ After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. ”
- Salvatore Quasimodo- Copy
- 579
“ Television is called a medium because so little of it is rare or well done. ”
- Evan Esar- Copy
- 1.4K
“ We French found it and called it joie de vivre — the joy of living. ”
- Renee Repound- Copy
- 3.1K
“ When virtue hides her face it is called modesty; when vice does so, it is called shame. ”
- Evan Esar- Copy
- 2.2K
“ In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed. ”
- Sid Caesar- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called walking. ”
- George W. Bush- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you have given away. ”
- Marcia Moore- Copy
- 487
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