“ Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. ”
- Groucho Marx- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless. ”
- Paul Johnson- Copy
- 3.1K
“ I have a problem about being nearly sixty: I keep waking up in the morning and thinking I'm thirty-one. ”
- Elizabeth Janeway- Copy
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“ It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Women constitute half the world's population, perform nearly two-thirds of its work hours, receive one-tenth of the world's income and own less than one-hundredth of the world's property. ”
- United Nations report- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. ”
- Groucho Marx- Copy
- 1.2K
“ By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. ”
- Confucius- Copy
- 3K
“ Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom. ”
- Benjamin N. Cardozo- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values. ”
- Justice Louis D. Brandeis- Copy
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“ Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment. ”
- Dean Koontz- Copy
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“ Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. ”
- Robert Ingersoll- Copy
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“ He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical. ”
- G. K. Chesterton- Copy
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“ A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect the many psychological influences on liking. ”
- Robert Cialdini- Copy
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“ Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom. ”
- Edward M. Forster- Copy
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“ Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. ”
- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire- Copy
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“ Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. ”
- Hosea Ballou- Copy
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“ Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield. ”
- Mary Bokin Chesnut- Copy
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“ I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality. ”
- M. Russell Ballard- Copy
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“ I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart. ”
- Jerome K. Jerome- Copy
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“ I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be. ”
- Billy Connelly- Copy
- 2.3K
“ I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down. ”
- Edward O. Wilson- Copy
- 61
“ If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting. ”
- Laura Ingalls Wilder- Copy
- 1.7K
“ If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 2.9K
“ In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men. ”
- Cicero Pro Ligario- Copy
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