Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
Samuel Johnson
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OGDEN NASH God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.
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DEREK STAFFORD A man having no ambition in life is a ship having no rudder in the sea.
VIKRANT PARSAI It seems like he's been gone for a long time. It's just been hard not having him here.
EMILY HARRIS Having been unpopular in high school is not a just cause for book publication
FRAN LEBOWITZ Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed...
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HAVING KHABIBULIN It doesn't matter what you've done in the past. You always have to prove you can play.
HAVING KHABIBULIN I like the direction the team was going. I like a lot of their young talent.
HAVING KHABIBULIN This is not a case about religion or Islam or a cultural clash. It's about people who have been sued...
JEFFREY ROBBINS No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself suffici...
SOCRATES Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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T. E. LAWRENCE I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to belie...
GEORGE BUSH Thank you for having me. It's been absolutely marvelous. I've loved every moment of it.
RICHIE BENAUD A judicious man uses statistics, not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foi...
THOMAS CARLYLE not having been by your side 25 years ago.
ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI This man is free from servile bonds Of hope to rise or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of ...
HENRY WOTTON, SR. The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT He has not been mistreated, except by not having adequate medical care.
EDMOND POPE No man is a man until he has been a soldier.
LOUIS DE BERNIèRES Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and ...
CURTIS LEMAY I have always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highe...
EDEN HAZARD Don't think of Europe as having not been a good quarter. Think of it as being a little down and us h...
ANDY BRYANT A dreamer will not stop having that dream until it has been fulfilled
J. WILSON We've got to see if she'll actually pick up (the game) fast enough.
ANDY BEEN She's probably my biggest scoring threat right now.
ANDY BEEN Even though we're rebuilding, who knows what will pan out. They're enjoying it. I have 26, 27 girls ...
ANDY BEEN I hate to say to the seniors that we're rebuilding. But we are.
ANDY BEEN IF YOU CAN'T THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, THANK HIM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED!
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NOT REAL A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged and a liberal is a conservative who just got arreste...
NOT SURE If you are constantly looking in the rear view mirror, how will you ever see what is in front of you...
NOT SURE I am a satisfied man.
HARRY BEEN Our main goal this year is to advance to the regional final.
SHANE BEEN We've been having them for a while. We try to have two or three of them a year.
BRENDA PARR The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so de...
STANLEY MILGRAM It's been really odd not having him here. He's a bigger part of the program than I am. He's been her...
LEE PIPKIN At this point, what we have are questions, ... Frankly, the White House has not been very quick or f...
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GEORGE H. W. BUSH Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.
HORACE WALPOLE It's been real tough not having a gym. Everybody out there is against us.
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GEORGE VECSEY He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
JOSEPH HALL The idea of a perfect vacation is not working or not having to work and having no appointments.
TOM WELLING I think it helps having been there before. You're not as nervous.
BRETT NELSON I cannot conceive having a person running that office who has not been part of that system.
REP. MICHAEL FESTA Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all
HENRY WOTTON, SR. It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You'...
BILLY IDOL A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
ELBERT HUBBARD The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
JOSEPH CONRAD You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be for h...
MATT HAIG There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total re...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Every man thinks himself to be humble, until a truly humbling experience humbles him.
FATHOM The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH It's not as transparent as I would have liked it all to have been. It was an illogical way to say a ...
MARK SMITH The company is not for sale. But having been the CEO of two other companies that were sold, it is al...
GLEN TULLMAN In this age of ours it's hard to say with certainty that having lived was better than not having bee...
KENZABURō ŌE [Stewart himself was upset with Biffle, and Johnson was too, for Biffle not moving out of the way in...
TONY STEWART The fact of having been born is a bad augury for immortality
GEORGE SANTAYANA Solitary. But not in the sense of being alone. Not solitary in the way Thoreau was, for example, exi...
PAUL AUSTER [Scientists are looking at] potential long-term negative effects of having been infected, maybe not ...
DAWN WESSON A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishe...
JASON ZEBEHAZY I don't think that that's really ever been something that this band has been about. We're not really...
EDSEL DOPE Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one...
EUGENIO MONTALE Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time
FREDERIC RAPHAEL It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. ...
BILLY IDOL The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.
CHARLES W. ELIOT The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.
CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself...
GEORG GRODDECK That's a problem, too. We've been having injuries all year. That's been killing us. We're having to ...
RASAAN POWELL One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, noth...
JANE AUSTEN A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
OSCAR WILDE Having without having: it’s possible, isn’t it, that that’s worse than not having at all?
PAUL RUSSELL Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at it...
LIONEL RICHIE Time flies when you're having fun, and I've been having fun for the last 30 years.
PETE CONRAD Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed sou...
DONNA GODDARD Having the wrong decision at the right time can stop you from seeing opportunities that you may have...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Him having been former sheriff is not going to have any bearing on the investigation.
KRISTEN PEREZLUHA Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right...
EPICTETUS Man cannot be homophobic without having concerned himself with another’s sex life.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA I don't so much mind looking back on having lost the election, or having been denied a role in the p...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficie...
SOCRATES Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.
HAROLD BLOOM The question we asked was: Were they better or worse off for having been coached to push?
DR. STEVEN BLOOM Today we're having a celebration for more than a 100 customers who have been with the bank for 50 ye...
CEO DENNIS UPCHURCH Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS I have no complaints about the weather and I suppose I should say something about it not mattering i...
BRANDON SCHOLZ I think that for some time now I have been living with an anxiety which has had no tangible cause. I...
INGMAR BERGMAN It's been a struggle for him for a while. He had been having difficulty breathing and swallowing thi...
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SAMUEL JOHNSON Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
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SAMUEL JOHNSON Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying t...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I know not any thing more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation...
SAMUEL JOHNSON It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldo...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: b...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
SAMUEL JOHNSON No two men can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The chains of habit are generally too week to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.
SAMUEL JOHNSON While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
SAMUEL JOHNSON He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.
SAMUEL JOHNSON No one ever became great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSON