V Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with V. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Virtually every kid is exposed to giants and ogres and talking wolves, and so forth. And magic. And I think you never outgrow your love for those imaginative, fanciful, farfetched, fantastic characters and situations.”
“Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about.”
“Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species - back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire - has been ethically ambiguous.”
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species- back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire has been ethically ambiguous. If you want to reason about faith, and offer a reasoned (and reason responsive) defense of faith as an extra category of belief worthy of special consideration, I'm eager to play. I certainly grant the existence of the phenomenon of faith; what I want to see is a reasoned ground for taking faith seriously as a way of getting to the truth , and not, say, just as a way people comfort themselves and each other”
“Virtually every news source lists the greater number of Palestinians killed in Arab-Israeli wars in order to depict the Israelis as guilty (of ‘disproportionate response’). Had similar reporting taken place during World War II, the Western Allies would have been deemed the villains since Germany and Japan lost far more civilians than America or Britain.”
Source: Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
“Virtually every problem that would show up in your business can be traced back to communications; somebody didn't talk to somebody about something.”
“Virtually every scientist now concedes that universe and time itself had beginning. So, whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe must have had a cause.”
“Virtually every spiritual tradition teaches that your higher self is the presence of God within you.”
“Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great works inspire greatness. Mediocre or poor works inspire mediocre or poor learning. The great accomplishments of humanity are the key to quality education.”
“Virtually every tribe in the march towards civilization developed its tailored made initiation practices. In America, sports are part of the test for a young man’s initiation into manhood.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Virtually every war fought since the Act of Union had gone badly at some stage, but before 1783 none had ended in defeat. Nor would any major war in which Britain was involved after this date end in defeat. Those who are curious about this country's peculiar social and political stability probably need look no further than this for essential cause.”
“Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.”
Source: Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation about Writing
“Virtually everyone defines their identity—or constructs their belief of who they are—through their specific combination of desires and suffering. Or, desires obtained (apparent subjective success at the sacrifice of something else), desires unobtained (suffering), and desires still left as questions (to be obtained or not). And...most of the desires, and the suffering, are themselves by-products of others, established by society and the rules of each sect of society.”
Source: Re:
“Virtually everyone needs motivation of some sort, but when you are in love - that is motivation enough, it turns many into poets and painters, it spurs the creativity in you.”
“Virtually everyone with a high-paying job in Washington, New York and Los Angeles demanded that voters not support Donald Trump for president but they did it anyway but we never saw it coming. Why is that?”
“Virtually everything I learned about leadership traits and core values, I learned in the Marine Corps. To this day, I keep a list of the traits in a little black book, 14 of them, including integrity, justice, bearing, enthusiasm, endurance - all indicators you aspire to when you're a leader.”
“Virtually everything is dangerous if you are afraid.”
Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.”
“Virtually everything that the government does costs more than when the same thing is done in private industry - whether it is building housing, running prisons, collecting garbage, or innumerable other things. Why in the world would we imagine that health care would be the exception?”
“Virtually everything we do in life is a matter of habit. Habits make us who we are. Why not change your habits to better your life?”
Source: Fiscal Fitness: 8 Steps to Wealth & Health from America's Leaders of Fitness and Finance: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition
“Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat. Quite a lot of the differences that make us rich and poor are matters just of luck. To somehow revel in ones privilege would be a mistake. An even bigger mistake would be trying to convert that into a theory that the rich are so much more productive than many of us.”
“Virtually everywhere in the world, people still wake up and want their country to be more like the United States than any other nation. We are the envy of the world because of what we stand for and how our democratic process, flawed as it may often seem to be, operates. We should take pride in that.”
“Virtually, I realize differently rather than others' perspective since protective measures against the outbreak of coronavirus epidemic, execute not a self-isolation; it shows a determined and forcing-advice-isolation unconsciously. Consequently, family and friends' contacts also have become broken, unfortunately.”
“Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.”
“Virtually no soul ever achieves all of its objectives in one lifetime.”
Source: The Soul on the Ceiling: Conversations on Reincarnation
“Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.”
“Virtually nothing can stop a man who has a goal clearly in sight.”
“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.”
Source: The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame
“Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goals clearly in sight.”
“Virtually the entire inflow was therefore Asiatic, and all but three or four thousand of that inflow originated from the Indian subcontinent... It is by 'black Power' that the headlines are caught, and under the shape of the negro that the consequences for Britain of immigration and what is miscalled 'race' are popularly depicted. Yet it is more truly when he looks into the eyes of Asia that the Englishman comes face to face with those who will dispute with him the possession of his native land.”
“Virtually the second I get home, I change into my "home" clothes - yoga pants and a T-shirt.”
“Virtually throughout its history, and certainly in the 20th century, California has been known as the place to go for dynamism and growth. It did not become the richest, most populous, and most productive state solely because of its weather and natural resources. So it takes a lot to turn California around from growth to contraction, from people moving into the state to a net exodus from the state, from business moving into California to businesses leaving California. It takes some doing. And the Left has done it.”
“Virtualmente todas las organizaciones que conoces funcionan esencialmente gracias a tu codicia.”
Source: Aprender a aprender
“Virtualmente todas las organizaciones que conoces funcionan esencialmente gracias a tu codicia. Te atraen porque lo que dicen o hacen le resulta atractivo a tu codicia. Este factor está oculto debido a su mera apariencia. Si dejas de escuchar sus palabras y contemplas el efecto, pronto verás que es así.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Virtudes como la lealtad hacen a los hombres mucho más atractivos a los ojos de una mujer.”
Source: Mujercitas
“Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog.”
Source: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis
“Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun but never prevails against it. When will it be your lot to attain this joy? Thus far, you have indeed not been sluggish, but you must quicken your pace. Much toil remains; to confront it, you must yourself lavish all your waking hours, and all your efforts, if you wish the result to be accomplished.”
Source: Letters from a Stoic
“Virtue alone has majesty in death.”
Source: The Complaint and Consolation; Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality: To which is Added, The Force of Religion
“Virtue alone is happiness below.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe
“Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.”
“Virtue alone is true nobility.”
Source: The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Underwoods, translations, &c. Discoveries. English grammar. Jonsonus viribus
“Virtue also depends on ourselves. And so also does vice. For where we are free to act we are also free to refrain from acting, and where we are able to say No we are also able to say Yes; if therefore we are responsible for doing a thing when to do it right, we are also responsible for not doing it when not to do it is wrong, and if we are responsible for rightly not doing a thing, we are also responsible for wrongly doing it.”
Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.”
“Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.”
Source: Aphorisms from Shakespeare; arranged according to the plays,&c. With a preface and notes, etc. [By C. Lofft.]
“Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.”
“Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“Virtue and merit can become their opposites if they are exacted or compelled.”
Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian