M Quotes
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“Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.”
Source: Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books
“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.”
“Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.”
Source: The Adding Machine: Selected Essays
“Most of the truly kind people of this world show some measure of discomfort when offered kindness. Their gratitude stems not only from their understanding of the depth of the force of kindness, but also from their conviction that kindness should not be taken for granted.”
Source: The Girl on the Trail
“MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER begins with a hunger for justice. LUST begins with a recognition of beauty. GLUTTONY begins when our enjoyment of the delectable gifts of GOD starts to consume us. IDOLATRY begins when our seeing a reflection of God in something beautiful leads to our thinking that the beautiful image bearer is worthy of WORSHIP.”
“Most of the ugly wars in history have been wars of religion. And there's nothing more dangerous than someone with religious certitude who creates consequences in the world that to me are simply inexcusable.”
“Most of the upper management of I.S. were undead. I always thought it was because the job was easier if you didn't have a soul.”
“Most of the utopian community ideas actually are religious. They're based more on the idea of the monastery than the commune.”
“Most of the verses written about praise in God’s Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.”
Source: A Quiet Place in a Crazy World: Drawing Near to God Through Prayer and Praise
“Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.”
“Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man”
Source: On aggressión
“Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression.”
“Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition”
“Most of the volcanoes are pretty far away. You have to go to, God knows, Alaska. Or you have to go to the Southern Indies or you have to go to a specific island.”
“Most of the well-developed world - Australia, Western Europe - they develop their resources base, they inventory it, they develop it, and they view it as a good source of jobs and revenue. We are a country that for too long has taken affordable energy for granted.”
“Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.”
“Most of the wine in the world sells for two dollars a bottle. Quite a bit sells for four dollars to five dollars a bottle, and there are many that sell for ten dollars a bottle. Then you have wines that sell for three hundred dollars a bottle. What the world needs is a beer that's worth five dollars a bottle. I think that would be great. If all beer prices are forced down to the level of Busch Bavarian, none of us will be there.”
“Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.”
“Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.”
“Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.”
“Most of the women I've known don't like that much garlic."
"No? But they were all right with the heat, I guess?”
Source: All Stirred Up
“Most of the women in film are there to be beautiful to the man.”
“Most of the women in your life will outlast the men in your life. The Saturday Night Live ladies - Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Tina - and I text pictures of our kids back and forth all the time. It keeps us connected. As my nanny used to say, the older you get, the more important it is to know people that knew you when.”
“Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction.”
“Most of the women's love is either spoonfeeding or breastfeeding”
“Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house by themselves.”
“Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.”
“Most of the Womens Libbers I knew really didnt want to have a piece of the mens pie. They thought that pie was kind of poisonous, toxic, really full of weapons, poison gases, all kinds of mean junk we didnt even want a slice of.”
Source: Just As I Thought
“Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.”
Source: The Oregon Experiment
“Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world.”
“Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.”
“Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.”
“Most of the work that's done in the world gets done by people who weren't feeling all that well at the time that they did it.”
“Most of the world around you doesn't read the Bible. So... God gives the world a living epistle- you.”
Source: As Silver Refined: Learning to Embrace Life's Disappointments
“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.”
“Most of the world is either asleep or dead. The religious people are, for the most part, asleep. The irreligious are dead. Those who are asleep are divided into two classes, like the Virgins in the parable, waiting for the Bridegroom's coming. The wise have oil in their lamps. That is to say they are detached from themselves and from the cares of the world, and they are full of charity. They are indeed waiting for the Bridegroom, and they desire nothing else but His coming, even though they may fall asleep while waiting for Him to appear. But the others are not only asleep: they are full of other dreams and other desires. Their lamps are empty because they have burned themselves out in the wisdom of the flesh and in their own vanity. When He comes, it is too late for them to buy oil. They light their lamps only after He has gone. So they fall asleep again, with useless lamps, and when they wake up they trim them to investigate, once again, the matters of a dying world.”
Source: No Man Is an Island
“Most of the world is fooling about, especially the people who think they control the world and the community. The presidents, the politicians, the military, etc., are all jerking about, acting as if they are Lord over their own domains. That's basically Problem One on the planet.”
“Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.”
“Most of the world's geniuses are non-whites, not because it's genetic, but because, like white people inherit blonde hair and blue eyes, or daddy's emeralds, we inherit generational persecution, and any brain forced to endure persecution as daily chore, becomes a powerhouse of apparently supernatural mental faculties.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“Most of the world’s problems are caused by people who made education compulsory, but personal development optional. Because of them, we have many intelligent people who lack good characters.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“Most of the world was mad. And the part that wasn't mad was angry. And the part that wasn't mad or angry was just stupid. I had no chance. I had no choice. Just hang on and wait for the end. It was hard work. It was the hardest work imaginable.”
“Most of the world's great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness... Always remember: you cannot carry a cross in company. Though a man were surrounded by a vast crowd, his cross is his alone and his carrying of it marks him as a man apart. Society has turned against him; otherwise he would have no cross. No one is a friend to the man with a cross.”
“Most of the world's major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated - in the United States, only two per cent of rivers run unimpeded - and people now use half the world's readily accessible freshwater runoff.”
“Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.”
Source: Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu
“Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.”
“Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.”
Source: How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
“Most of the worst things said about me, I've said myself.”
“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there's also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person.”
“Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such a thing as an internal editor.”
“Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bush’s dog getting a book deal.”