C Quotes
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“Conceit causes more conversation than wit.”
“Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.”
“Conceit is a disease That the doctors got no cure They've done a lot of research on it But what it is, they're still not sure.”
“Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies .”
Source: The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams
“Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.”
“Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.”
“Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.”
“Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.”
Source: The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
“Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.”
Source: The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
“Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.”
“Conceit is God's gift to little men.”
“Conceit is incompatible with understanding.”
Source: Translations from the Russian
“Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.”
Source: The Spinster Book
“conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.”
“Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.”
“Conceit is thinking you're great; egotism is knowing it.”
“Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. Publ. by mr. Warburton. With occasional notes
“Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.”
“Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.”
Source: On the Old Road: A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature (Complete)
“Conceit of the anti-gay law in Russia is to protect children, then the people who have the most to fear are LGBT parents. And sure enough, in conjunction with the homosexual propaganda law, they instituted a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples, or single people from countries where same-sex marriage is legal. That has very scary potential for any LGBT person with adopted kids, because Russian courts practice this particular legal concept called "annulment of adoption." So an adopted child is never exactly the same as a biological child, even if he or she was adopted ten years ago.”
“Conceit spoils the finest genius.”
“Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.”
“Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism... Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of being born on some particular spot consider themselves nobler, better, grander, more intelligent than those living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen spot to fight, kill and die in the attempt to impose his superiority upon all the others.”
“Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.”
Source: Anarchism and Other Essays
“Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament:
They are but beggars that can count their worth;
But my true love is grown to such excess,
I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.”
“Conceited little mega-puppy.”
Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“Conceited people never hear anything but praise.”
Source: The Little Prince
“Conceitos vulgares como "entretenimento" são muito mais adequados do que considerações pretensiosas sobre um fato de um escritor ser representante da pequena burguesia e outro, da alta burguesia.”
Source: Indústria Cultural e Sociedade
“Conceive + Believe = Achieve.”
“Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should judge, than the dome of St. Paul's. It was of a light pink colour veined with a delicate green, but the whole huge fabric so tenuous that it was but a fairy outline against the dark blue sky. It pulsated with a delicate and regular rhythm. From it there depended two long drooping, green tentacles, which swayed slowly backwards and forwards. This gorgeous vision passed gently with noiseless dignity over my head, as light and fragile as a soap-bubble, and drifted upon its stately way.”
Source: Tales of Unease
“Conceive a world-society developed materially far beyond the wildest dreams of America. Unlimited power, derived partly from the artificial disintegration of atoms, partly from the actual annihilation of matter through the union of electrons and protons to form radiation, completely abolished the whole grotesque burden of drudgery which hitherto had seemed the inescapable price of civilization, nay of life itself. The vast economic routine of the world-community was carried on by the mere touching of appropriate buttons. Transport, mining, manufacture, and even agriculture were performed in this manner. And indeed in most cases the systematic co-ordination of these activities was itself the work of self-regulating machinery. Thus, not only was there no longer need for any human beings to spend their lives in unskilled monotonous labour, but further, much that earlier races would have regarded as highly skilled though stereotyped work, was now carried on by machinery. Only the pioneering of industry, the endless exhilarating research, invention, design and reorganization, which is incurred by an ever-changing society, still engaged the minds of men and women. And though this work was of course immense, it could not occupy the whole attention of a great world-community. Thus very much of the energy of the race was free to occupy itself with other no less difficult and exacting matters, or to seek recreation in its many admirable sports and arts. Materially every individual was a multi-millionaire, in that he had at his beck and call a great diversity of powerful mechanisms; but also he was a penniless friar, for he had no vestige of economic control over any other human being. He could fly through the upper air to the ends of the earth in an hour, or hang idle among the clouds all day long. His flying machine was no cumbersome aeroplane, but either a wingless aerial boat, or a mere suit of overalls in which he could disport himself with the freedom of a bird. Not only in the air, but in the sea also, he was free. He could stroll about the ocean bed, or gambol with the deep-sea fishes. And for habitation he could make his home, as he willed, either in a shack in the wilderness or in one of the great pylons which dwarfed the architecture even of the American age. He could possess this huge palace in loneliness and fill it with his possessions, to be automatically cared for without human service; or he could join with others and create a hive of social life. All these amenities he took for granted as the savage takes for granted the air which he breathes. And because they were as universally available as air, no one craved them in excess, and no one grudged another the use of them.”
Source: Last and First Men
“Conceive, believe, achieve.
“The idea is not to live forever;
it is to create something that will.”
- ANDY WARHOL”
Source: The Ultimate Book of Bathroom Etiquette and Humor
“Conceive, believe and achieve.”
Source: The Alphabets of Success: Passion Driven Life
“Conceive of a picture really as a series of harmonies.”
“Conceive the inconceivable - then accomplish it.”
“Conceive. That is the word that means both the beginning in imagination and the end in creation.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit
“Conceived in anger, addicted to hate, the mutant child of a twisted state.”
“Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.”
“Concentrate . . . for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of the soul.”
Source: ORISON SWETT MARDEN Premium Collection - Wisdom & Empowerment Series (18 Books in One Volume): Steps to Success and Power, How to Get What You Want, An Iron Will, Be Good to Yourself, Every Man A King, Keeping Fit, Prosperity – How to Attract It, Stepping-Stones To Fame And Fortune...
“Concentrate all your energies in completing the task at hand.”
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus”
“Concentrate and complete the journey.”
“Concentrate more on your achievements than your failures. Learn to take the failures as opportunities to rectify your errors.”
Source: Develop Jedi Self-Confidence: Unleash the Force within You
“Concentrate not on what drives you to the loneliness but on the wisdom that you will gain in loneliness! When you return back to the crowds, you will be more mature and smarter!”
“Concentrate on a single feature - as, build all toward one eye - make all lines lead toward that eye.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)”
“Concentrate on comfort - even if that means wearing the same thing over and over, because when I feel comfortable, I feel so much more relaxed and have a much better time.”
“Concentrate on counting your blessings and you'll have little time to count anything else.”