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Admirable Quotes (page 6)

Voltaire quote: "But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one..."
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight. Voltaire
Ann Landers quote: "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conslusive evidence that..."
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conslusive evidence that your are wonderful. Ann Landers
I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog! Emily Dickinson
John Steinbeck quote: "I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and..."
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments John Steinbeck
Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes in me, to see, admire, and adore the beauty of His boundless light, insofar as my clouded insight allows. Believing that the supreme happiness of the other life consists wholly of the contemplation of divine greatness, I now find that through less perfect contemplation of the same sort I can gain the greatest joy available in this life. Rene Descartes
I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him. Steve Coogan
Agatha Christie quote: "Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."An admirable exercise..."
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it. Agatha Christie
He smelled the smells of commerce and listened to the cursing of the sailors, both of which he admired: the former, as it reeked of wealth, and the latter because it combined his two other chief preoccupations, these being theology and anatomy. Roger Zelazny
I am for the most part so convinced that everything is lacking in basis, consequence, justification, that if someone dared to contradict me, even the man I most admire, he would seem to me a charlatan or a fool. Emile M. Cioran
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to..."
A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him. Alexis de Tocqueville
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "To vain men, other people are admirers."
To vain men, other people are admirers. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Progress in science is governed by the laws of repulsion, every step forward is made by refutation of prevalent errors and false theories. Forward steps in art are governed by the law of attraction, are the result of imitation of and admiration for beloved predecessors. Boris Pasternak
There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as their final expression, the purpose of all the things she loved on earth... To find a consciousness like her own, who would be the meaning of her world, as she would be of his... No, not Francisco d'Anconia, not Hank Rearden, not any man she had ever met or admired... A man who existed only in her knowledge of her capacity for an emotion she had never felt, but... Ayn Rand
Douglas Adams quote: "When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep..."
When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch. Douglas Adams
If something is in me which can be called religious, then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. Albert Einstein

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