Worst Quotes - Page 5

• The worst bankrupt in the world is the man who has lost his enthusiasm. Let a man lose everything else in the world, but his enthusiasm and he will come through again to success.

  William Howard Arnold

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us write because we can make a modest living, or even supplement our day jobs, doing something about which we feel passionately. Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something that we genuinely love. There's no other reason to work this hard, except that love.

  Melissa Scott

  Jobs, Writing, Ideas

  Melissa Scott (1997). “Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel”, Heinemann Drama

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• Now there is fame! Of all - hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public - fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation of God by the artist. It is sad. It is true.

  Pablo Picasso

  Artist, Misery, Hunger

  Pablo Picasso, David Douglas Duncan (1961). “Picasso's Picassos”

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• What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal.

  J. K. Rowling

  Positive Thinking, Entrepreneur, Bigs

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• If someone offends you, don't tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no attention whether they respond to your bow or not. You must humble yourself before everyone and consider yourself the worst of all. If we have not committed the sins that others have, perhaps this is because we did not have the opportunity - the situation and circumstances were different. In each person there is something good and something bad; we usually see only the vices in people and we see nothing that is good.

  Ambrose

  Humble, Humility, Opportunity

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• When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Humility, Two

  The Idler

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• We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves the less likely is he to be at his worst in our company. Every time he talks away his own character before us he is signifying contempt for ours.

  James M. Barrie

  Real, Character, Humility

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little Minister (Illustrated Edition)”, p.94, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.

  Richard Dawkins

  Atheist, Children, Parent

  Twitter post from Nov 19, 2013

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• The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of raw material which we have to handle.

  C. S. Lewis

  Children, Attitude, Would Be

  C. S. Lewis (2002). “Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories”, p.46, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future.

  Albert Einstein

  Attitude, Educational, Evil

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.35, Open Road Media

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• Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.

  Jean Paul

  Dog, War, Hatred

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• I love pitting people against each other. My whole life is based on that. It brings out the best in people and the worst in people. If the worst comes out, you don't want them working for you.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, People, Want

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• The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery.

  Greg Rusedski

  Sports, Athlete, Fighting

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• You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel.

  Greg Rusedski

  Sports, Cheating, Athlete

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• The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day

  Graig Nettles

  Baseball, Play, Yankees

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are being treated the worst are the young people who are going to lead us out of this nightmare.

  Rachel Jackson

  People, Youth, Nightmare

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• Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exists because of their silent consent.

  Bruno Jasienski

  Betrayal, Fear, Ignorance

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• Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

  Martial

  Caring, World, Caregivers

  "Epigrams" by Martial, III, 42, c. 80 - 104 AD.

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• The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves, especially when they allow themselves to be influenced by negative people. That's what gives rise to dictators. Avoid that at all costs. Stop it first on a personal level, and you will have contributed to world sanity as well as your own.

  Donald Trump

  Thinking, People, Giving

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• Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

  Sam Snead

  Sports, Golf, Hazards

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• But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of the worst description: we should rather, through the instrumentality of the men of science soften the asperities of national hostility. Davy's remarks to Thomas Poole on accepting Napoleon's prize for the best experiment on Galvanism.

  Humphry Davy

  Country, War, Men

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• Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, even persecutors, the worst of sinners: his righteousness is sufficient for them; his Spirit is able to purify and change their hearts.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Heart, World

  George Whitefield, G. B. (1829). “The Revived Puritan. Select Works of ... G. W., ... Containing a Memoir of His Life, Etc. [Edited by G. B.]”, p.627

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• Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Liberty, Arbitrary

  "Minority Report".

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• I'm not the best of you, but I'm not the worst either.

  Cat Stevens

  Fame

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• The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

  Oliver Stone

  Sweat, Worst Nightmares, Vietnam

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