I Quotes
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“I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.”
“I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.”
“I have never made a decision based on race and never will.”
“I have never made a movie that's attracted a 14-year-old boy.”
“I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace.”
“I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life”
“I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront”
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)”
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.”
“I have never made fun of religion. Religion is something I don't even want to mess with, because I am really afraid of the clouds opening up and my being struck by lightning.”
“I have never made it a consideration whether the subject was popular or unpopular, but whether it was right or wrong; for that which is right will become popular, and that which is wrong, though by mistake it may obtain the cry or fashion of the day, will soon lose the power of delusion, and sink into disesteem.”
Source: Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution: (Library of America Paperback Classic)
“I have never made much money, but this hasn't bothered me. I don't care what I'm paid. I have never had a shared bank account. I do not keep track of how much money is in my bank account. I am not stingy, I admire money well spent. I am not saving for my retirement. I have lived for several years without insurance.”
Source: Autoportrait
“I have never made radically different experiments. Whenever I wanted to say something, I said it the way I believed I should.”
“I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were”
Source: George Nelson on design
“I have never met a doctor that could accurately diagnose my wide range of sickness and correctly treat me.”
“I have never met a dog I couldn't help; however, I have met humans who weren't willing to change.”
“I have never met a heavy heart that wasn’t a phone booth with a red cape inside Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside Some days I know my smile looks like the gutter of a falling house But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing”
“I have never met a man [in the military], in or out of uniform, who ever said, "Let's use the missiles." They are even more terrified that the Bishops, because a great many of them don't expect to go to Heaven, which at least the Bishops do.”
“I have never met a man more shy than Clark Gable. He was so shy, you couldn't make him talk.”
“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.”
“I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.”
“I have never met a man who was not my superior in some particular.”
“I have never met a mentally strong person who wasn’t a voracious reader.”
Source: The Rich Employee
“I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.”
“I have never met a successful person that was a quitter. Successful people never, ever, give up!”
“I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.”
“I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.”
“I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home.”
“I have never met a woman, or man, who stated emphatically, "Yes, I have it all.'" Because no matter what any of us has—and how grateful we are for what we have—no one has it all.”
Source: Lean In for Graduates
“I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.”
“I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner.”
“I have never met an old saint who regretted having spent too much time in prayer, but I have met many who regretted having spent too little!”
“I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“I have never met anyone who built a bomb shelter and felt protected by it. I have never met a modern military man who did not realize that military victory is a concept which became obsolete with the coming of the nuclear age, and most civilians realize this also. Wisdom demands that we stop preparing to wage a war which would eliminate mankind - and start preparing to eliminate the seeds of war.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest.”
“I have never met anyone who gave back a heart they stole.”
“I have never met anyone who is addicted to alcohol who isn't drinking for a lot of dead spirits!”
“I have never met anyone who wanted to save the world without my financial support.”
“I have never met anyone who wasn't against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves.”
“I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.”
“I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition
“I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States.”
“I have never more wanted to see you than I do now — just to sit and look at you,”
“I have never needed a man to save me and I do not intend to start now.”
Source: Upon a Frosted Star
“I have never observed even the slightest laceration in a woman who used clitoral stimulation as a relaxation method during birth. Clitoral stimulation seems to increase vaginal engorgement as the baby emerges.”
“I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.”
Source: Essays of Montaigne
“I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.”
Source: Delphi Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)
“I have never obtained any ethical values from my scientific work.”
Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
“I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. You can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous.”