Quotes about Chiefly

Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. Votes: 3

Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. Votes: 3

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. Votes: 3

Chiefly the sea-shore has been the point of departure to knowledge, as to commerce. The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most. Votes: 3

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own. Votes: 1

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Votes: 1

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. Votes: 1

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives. Votes: 1

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is. Votes: 1

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. Votes: 1

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. Votes: 1

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so. Votes: 1

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. Votes: 1

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there. Votes: 1

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. Votes: 1

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. Votes: 1

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history. Votes: 1

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser. Votes: 1

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost. Votes: 1

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. Votes: 1

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. Votes: 1

First I shall name the eagle, of which there are three species: the great grey eagle is the largest, of great strength and high flight; he chiefly preys on fawns and other young quadrupeds. Votes: 1

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it. Votes: 1

I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until my wedding day. To this I attribute my continual good health, endurance, and an iron constitution. Votes: 1

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life. Votes: 1

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good. Votes: 1

In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life. Votes: 1

In the Fall of 1774 & Winter of 1775, I was one of upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into a committee for the purpose of watching the movements of the British soldiers, and gaining every intelligence of the movements of the Tories. Votes: 1

Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all. Votes: 1

I fear that my mind would starve and that I might find myself in danger if I had no visual information, that it's chiefly the light, the shapes, the spaces, the colors that I see that compel me to keep moving forward in life and that keep me safe. Votes: 1

Packing is chiefly planning -- if it is Votes: 0

I do not value religion chiefly for its morality. Votes: 0

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time. Votes: 0

The gist of the Twist is chiefly in the hips Votes: 0

She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring. Votes: 0

Men get opinions as boys learn to spell by reiteration chiefly. Votes: 0

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. Votes: 0

Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing. Votes: 0

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. Votes: 0

[P]hilosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. Votes: 0

System debugging, like astronomy, has always been done chiefly at night. Votes: 0

Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books. Votes: 0

He who rides and keeps the beaten track studies the fences chiefly. Votes: 0

Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man. Votes: 0

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands. Votes: 0

...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued. Votes: 0

Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. Votes: 0

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds... Votes: 0

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them. Votes: 0

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber. Votes: 0

He knew that conscience was chiefly fear of society or fear of oneself. Votes: 0

If childhood is still a state, it is now chiefly a state of confusion. Votes: 0

We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions. Votes: 0

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Votes: 0

This is what sexual liberation chiefly accomplishes-it liberates young women to pursue married men Votes: 0

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach. Votes: 0

Weak and oppressed nations are fundamentally spiritual; strong nations are, as a rule, chiefly materialistic. Votes: 0

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel. Votes: 0

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Votes: 0

It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads. Votes: 0

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only. Votes: 0

Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think. Votes: 0

It is the cringer to his equal that is chiefly seen bold to his God. Votes: 0

This is what sexual liberation chiefly accomplishes - it liberates young women to pursue married men. Votes: 0

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence. Votes: 0

The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Votes: 0

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. Votes: 0

A life merely of pleasure, or chiefly of pleasure, is always a poor and worthless life. Votes: 0

When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind. Votes: 0

On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not. Votes: 0

It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs. Votes: 0

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. Votes: 0

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Votes: 0

We have reason to be grateful for celestial phenomena, for they chiefly answer to the ideal in man. Votes: 0

Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us. Votes: 0

The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth. Votes: 0

The Highways of America are built chiefly of politics, whereas the proper material is crushed rock or concrete. Votes: 0

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Votes: 0

A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment. Votes: 0

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation Votes: 0

There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks. Votes: 0

Nor myrtle--which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o' mornings. Votes: 0

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. Votes: 0

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. Votes: 0

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity. Votes: 0

We shall not long have love to man if we do not first and chiefly cultivate love to God. Votes: 0

We have lost confidence in reason because we have learned that man is chiefly a creature of habit and emotion. Votes: 0

. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice. Votes: 0

Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. Votes: 0

No one could have fathomed what a life he'd led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind. Votes: 0

My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India. Votes: 0

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there. Votes: 0

The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities. Votes: 0

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own. Votes: 0

All the great villainies of history, from the murder of Abel onward, have been perpetrated by sober men, chiefly by Teetotalers. Votes: 0

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. Votes: 0

War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation. Votes: 0

Whenever a person dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people's religions, he is in a bad condition. Votes: 0

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. Votes: 0

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them. Votes: 0

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties. Votes: 0

All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons; chiefly do they torment freshly-baptized Christians, yea, even the guiltless new-born infants. Votes: 0

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion. Votes: 0

A Spaniard will seek to persuade you that the bull-ring is an institution got up chiefly for the benefit of the bull. Votes: 0

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes. Votes: 0

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all. Votes: 0

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. Votes: 0

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation. Votes: 0

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. Votes: 0

All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent. Votes: 0

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses. Votes: 0

If it form the one landscape that we the inconstant ones Are consistently homesick for, this is chiefly Because it dissolves in water. Votes: 0

They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man. Votes: 0

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one. Votes: 0

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one. Votes: 0

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards. Votes: 0

Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel. Votes: 0

If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly - may I say almost solely - from universal assiduity. Votes: 0

The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other. Votes: 0

INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. Votes: 0

I have written chiefly because, though I have often dreaded the necessity, I have found it more painful, in the end, not to write. Votes: 0

what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics. Votes: 0

All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests. Votes: 0

The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that. Votes: 0

Did the Warwickshire militia, who were chiefly artisans, teach the Irish to drink beer, or did they learn from the Irish how to drink whiskey? Votes: 0

Physical changes take place continuously, while chemical changes take place discontinuously. Physics deals chiefly with continuous varying quantities, while chemistry deals chiefly with whole numbers. Votes: 0

I consider that it is on instruction and education that the future security and direction of the destiny of every nation chiefly and fundamentally rests. Votes: 0

As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women. Votes: 0

To her [Florence Nightingale] chiefly I owed the awakening to the fact that sanitation is the supreme goal of medicine its foundation and its crown. Votes: 0

Women who write with an overriding consciousness that they write as women are engaged not in aspiration toward writing, but chiefly in a politics of sex. Votes: 0

There was such a thing as women's work and it consisted chiefly, Hilary sometimes thought, in being able to stand constant interruption and keep your temper. . . . Votes: 0

A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker. Votes: 0

... a large portion of those who demand woman suffrage are persons who have not been trained to reason, and are chiefly guided by their generous sensibilities. Votes: 0

Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas. Votes: 0

Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men that comes chiefly through their work. Votes: 0

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living. Votes: 0

The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. Votes: 0

The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of a collective purpose. Votes: 0

One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them. Votes: 0

The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary. Votes: 0

So great is the economy of Nature, that most flowers which are fertilized by crepuscular or nocturnal insects emit their odor chiefly or exculsively in the evening. Votes: 0

One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them. Votes: 0

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two works, industry and frugality. Votes: 0

Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness. Votes: 0

All the masters tell us that the reality of life - which our noisy walking consciousness prevents us from hearing - speaks to us chiefly in silence. Votes: 0

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. Votes: 0

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property. Votes: 0

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property Votes: 0

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined. Votes: 0

Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world. Votes: 0

The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work. Votes: 0

On earth the living have much to bear; the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best. Votes: 0

A nation or an individual, will do wisely to direct consumption chiefly to those articles, that are longest time in wearing out, and the most frequently in use. Votes: 0

But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven To bleed for man, to teach him how to live, And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die. Votes: 0

But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers. Votes: 0

We are hurtling towards self-destruction at an alarming rate thanks chiefly to an advertising and propaganda system that goads people from infancy towards apathy, isolation, passivity, helplessness and separation. Votes: 0

Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls. Votes: 0

I think that his [Kurt Vonnegut's] appeal, though, will always be chiefly to adolescents. His sense of the world matches that of young people, who feel deeply life's absurdity. Votes: 0

What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them. Votes: 0

On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best. Votes: 0

We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most. Votes: 0

One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured. Votes: 0

London ... remains a man's city where New York is chiefly a woman's. London has whole streets that cater to men's wants. It has its great solid phalanx of fortress clubs. Votes: 0

Old age is a disease from which there is no recovery but the old nun's recent attack had certainly been brought on chiefly by the fatigue of so much travelling. Votes: 0

The mathematical difficulties of the theory of rotation arise chiefly from the want of geometrical illustrations and sensible images, by which we might fix the results of analysis in our minds. Votes: 0

Republicans seems to me to be chiefly concerned with holding on to what they have: in society, it's position, or respectability, or what you will; in business, of course, it's profit. Votes: 0

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost Votes: 0

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged. Votes: 0

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct. Votes: 0

A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed-- Now if you're ready, Oysters, dear, We can begin to feed! Votes: 0

What really dissatisfies in American civilisation is the want of the interesting, a want due chiefly to the want of those two great elements of the interesting, which are elevation and beauty. Votes: 0

Selfishness of the stable or rigid sort is as a rule more bitterly resented than the more fickle variety, chiefly, no doubt, because, having more continuity and purpose, it is more formidable. Votes: 0

It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands Votes: 0

For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It would perhaps increase my acquaintance, the thing which I chiefly study to decline. Votes: 0

Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how the right is chiefly with the strong. Votes: 0

It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself. Votes: 0

It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art. Votes: 0

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew. Votes: 0

OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer . . . Votes: 0

Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight of a civilization he is chiefly a taxpaying animal. Votes: 0

BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion. Votes: 0

And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is chiefly concerned with the establishment of something new. Votes: 0

Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature. Votes: 0

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character. Votes: 0

A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electric motors, wind, water or by hand. Votes: 0

Undergraduates owe their happiness chiefly to the consciousness that they are no longer at school. The nonsense which was knocked out of them at school is all put gently back at Oxford or Cambridge. Votes: 0

Recalling an old magistrate's words to a young attorney, The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella; But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella. Votes: 0

Experiments upon vegetation give reason to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green of their leaves, and the various colors of flowers, is chiefly owing to this combination. Votes: 0

I like to write about a lot of things, which is why my books are different. This is probably why I don't like to write sequels, but chiefly I like to write about people. Votes: 0

It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)...regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another. Votes: 0

To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion of the people dwells which makes the broad basis of the national prosperity. Votes: 0

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack that chiefly troubles them, but what others have. Votes: 0

The world is chiefly a mental fact. From mind it receives the forms of time and space, the principle of casuality[sic], color, warmth, and beauty. Were there no mind, there would be no world. Votes: 0

The virtues which keep this world sweet and the faithfulness which keeps it steadfast are chiefly those of the average man. The danger of the two-talent man is that he will be content with mediocrity. Votes: 0

Find myself £43 worse than I was the last month ... chiefly arisen from my layings-out in clothes for myself and wife; viz., for her, about £12, and for myself, £55 or thereabouts. Votes: 0

To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair-chiefly it is a matter of faith. Believe you do it, and the thing is done; doubt, and, for the life of you, you cannot. Votes: 0

It is very difficult to make a vigorous, plausible, and job-risking defense of an estimate that is derived by no quantitative method, supported by little data, and certified chiefly by the hunches of the managers Votes: 0

The minority who actually loves its work seems to be made up chiefly of the writers, dancers, actors and other artists, most scientists above the technician-troll level, computer freaks, and the righteous dope-dealers of California. Votes: 0

Not for the first time Richard reflected that this age's vaunted 'communications industry' had chiefly provided people and nations with the means of frightening to death and simultaneously boring to extinction themselves and each other. Votes: 0