Thing Quotes

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar Wilde

Great, Dangerous, Sincerity

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
Thomas Jefferson

Men, Greatest, Down

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Winston Churchill

Good, Read, Books

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.
Oscar Wilde

Woman, Nothing, Married

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.
J. D. Salinger

Love, Time, Down

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Good, Fair

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
Marilyn Monroe

Hate, Sex, Symbol

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Thomas Jefferson

Act, Watching, Whenever

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde

Good, Advice, Pass

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Important, Talk

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson

Hope, Words, Soul

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
Audrey Hepburn

Mind, Minds, Icon

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
Henry Miller

Love, Give, Enough

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
Blaise Pascal

God, Heart, Through

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Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
Henry Ford

May, Mistake, Turn

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Mahatma Gandhi

Change, Heart, Democracy

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar Wilde

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
Robert Frost

Life, Family, Greatest

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Oscar Wilde

Sad, Useless, Nowadays

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Oscar Wilde

Stupid, Whenever, Motives

Death is a fearful thing.
William Shakespeare

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde

Good, Advice, Pass

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
Oscar Wilde

Woman, Nothing, Married

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Moderation, Excess

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love, Heart, Moment

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
Warren Buffett

Life, Long, Idea

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
Oscar Wilde

Book, Moral, Books

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
William Shakespeare

Another, Fall, Tempted

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
Confucius

Age, Good, True

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Vince Lombardi

Winning, Everything

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