Quotes about Distinguished

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. Votes: 4

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. Votes: 4

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Votes: 4

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. Votes: 4

Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Reproduction: Distinguished leaders impress, inspire and invest in other leaders. Votes: 3

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. Votes: 3

PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution. Votes: 3

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory! A frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! Insect infinite! A worm! A God! Votes: 3

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. Votes: 2

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. Votes: 2

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. Votes: 2

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough. Votes: 2

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it. Votes: 2

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. Votes: 2

Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs. Votes: 2

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices. Votes: 2

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated. Votes: 2

Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act. Votes: 2

Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower. Votes: 2

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. Votes: 2

Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. Votes: 2

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. Votes: 2

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise. Votes: 2

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Votes: 2

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Votes: 2

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation. Votes: 2

Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is over-looked as something new. Votes: 2

Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as 'the public.' Votes: 2

Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be easily distinguished from Star Wars fans. Votes: 2

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. Votes: 2

A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed a relative autonomy in relation to the environment with which it is most immediately in contact. Votes: 2

The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain. Votes: 2

When I visited Guantanamo Bay several years ago, I met a team of psychiatrists treating the detainees. When I asked how they distinguished between, say, schizophrenia or bipolarity and a bedrock religious commitment to holy war, they couldn't answer. Votes: 2

For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible requires it, because good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell. Votes: 2

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first. Votes: 2

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. Votes: 2

For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages did not think of doing. We have given him the world and the universe as a playground for exploration and discovery. Votes: 2

I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as they get older. Women lose power as they get older. Men are seen as gaining experience and being distinguished. Sons look forward to replacing their fathers. Votes: 2

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarrelling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind. Votes: 2

No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency Votes: 2

The human person, whose definition serves as the touchstone according to which good must be distinguished from evil, is considered as sacred, in what one might call the ritual sense of the word. It has something of that transcendental majesty which the churches of all times have given to their Gods. Votes: 2

Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what we do in the present. By using experience, knowledge and insight, our ancestors recognized they could anticipate dangers and opportunities and take steps to exploit advantages and avoid hazards. Votes: 2

I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering generals, and dear little regimental officers who would be deeply concerned over their general's bowel movements or their colonel's piles, an army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country. Votes: 2

Man is man because he is free to operate within a framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives. He is distinguished from animals by his freedom to do evil or to do good and to walk the high road of beauty or tread the low road of ugly degeneracy. Votes: 2

Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit. Votes: 2

Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not. Votes: 2

Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met. Votes: 2

Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it. (tweaked version of a passage from Scandal in Spring) Votes: 2

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented. Votes: 0

Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity Votes: 0

Always to be best, and distinguished above the rest. Votes: 0

The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects. Votes: 0

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. Votes: 0

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact. Votes: 0

My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant. Votes: 0

James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence. Votes: 0

The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye. Votes: 0

God's blessing is not always to be distinguished from His wrath. Votes: 0

It's very important for me to be distinguished in my own home. Votes: 0

Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality. Votes: 0

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom. Votes: 0

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue. Votes: 0

Perceived self-efficacy and beliefs about the locus of outcome causality must be distinguished Votes: 0

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at. Votes: 0

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. Votes: 0

Bradford Dillman sounded like a distinguished, phony theatrical name, so I kept it. Votes: 0

We are not distinguished from brutes by our senses, but by our understanding. Votes: 0

MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. Votes: 0

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished. Votes: 0

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change. Votes: 0

The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark. Votes: 0

Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression Votes: 0

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person. Votes: 0

No dog is as well bred or as well mannered or as distinguished and handsome. Votes: 0

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him. Votes: 0

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished. Votes: 0

I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker. Votes: 0

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. Votes: 0

Of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished. Votes: 0

We're so many, we're so hard to distinguish from each other, but we long to be distinguished ... Votes: 0

The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy. Votes: 0

Brett Kavanaugh is a brilliant, brilliant judge and one of the most-distinguished conservative jurists in the country. Votes: 0

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. Votes: 0

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune. Votes: 0

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity. Votes: 0

Do not try to paint the grandiose thing. Paint the commonplace so that it will be distinguished. Votes: 0

The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob. Votes: 0

Mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing in no need of ethics. Votes: 0

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets. Votes: 0

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit. Votes: 0

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue. Votes: 0

I think there is a blossom about me of something more distinguished than the generality of mankind. Votes: 0

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. Votes: 0

In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm. Votes: 0

Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals. Votes: 0

The central activity of engineering, as distinguished from science, is the design of new devices, processes and systems. Votes: 0

Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results. Votes: 0

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism. Votes: 0

Leadership is bringing people into new realms of excellence and challenging them to become distinguished in their chosen field. Votes: 0

Dear Ted Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime Votes: 0

Liberal Christians are distinguished by how much moral and intellectual ground they can concede to the adversaries of Christianity. Votes: 0

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton is a person who has enormous - I have enormous respect for, has a very distinguished career. Votes: 0

The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it. Votes: 0

Imagination in poetry, as distinguished from mere fancy is the transfiguring of the real or actual to the ideal. Votes: 0

It is not in words that I should wish my life to be distinguished, but rather in things done. Votes: 0

A true Christian man is distinguished from other men, not so much by his beneficent works, as by his patience. Votes: 0

Confidence, as opposed, to modesty and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery. Votes: 0

Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million. Votes: 0

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished. Votes: 0

Take distinct steps and exploits. Those who are distinct and distinguished always score distinction. Go there, be there and stay there. Votes: 0

Men aging makes them look more authoritative, accomplished, distinguished. Sadly, it's not that way for women, and they will tell you. Votes: 0

It is historically true that a large proportion of infidels in all ages have been persons of distinguished integrity and honor. Votes: 0

Men aging makes them look more authoritative, accomplished, distinguished. Sadly, it's not that way for women, and they will tell you. Votes: 0

I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick. Votes: 0

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander. Votes: 0

Few ever lived to old age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising. Votes: 0

There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not. Votes: 0

It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances. Votes: 0

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right. Votes: 0

I want to re-echo my hope that we may all work together for a great peace as distinguished from a mean peace. Votes: 0

Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity. Votes: 0

PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. Votes: 0

It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more. Votes: 0

Among mathematicians in general, three main categories may be distinguished; and perhaps the names logicians, formalists, and intuitionists may serve to characterize them. Votes: 0

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia. Votes: 0

Compulsion in religion is distinguished peculiarly from compulsion in every other thing. ...I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor. Votes: 0

The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede. Votes: 0

It is galling to see such mendacious hypocrites as Kennedy and Biden at the Senate Judiciary Committee sitting in judgment on distinguished jurists. Votes: 0

Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness. Votes: 0

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. Votes: 0

"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour. Votes: 0

Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. the greatest minds do not necessarily ripen the quickest. Votes: 0

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense. Votes: 0

I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished. Votes: 0

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind. Votes: 0

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor. Votes: 0

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses. Votes: 0

What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her. Votes: 0

In India we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths. Votes: 0

At Arcueil ... I dined in distinguished company... There was a lot of very interesting discussion. It is these gatherings which are the joy of life. Votes: 0

I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished.' Votes: 0

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity. Votes: 0

The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations. Votes: 0

In India, we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths. Votes: 0

We have lost the invaluable faculty of being shocked a faculty which has hitherto almost distinguished the Man or Woman from the beast or child. Votes: 0

The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces. Votes: 0

As in the experimental sciences, truth cannot be distinguished from error as long as firm principles have not been established through the rigorous observation of facts. Votes: 0

Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing. Votes: 0

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason. Votes: 0

The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy in power and self-consciousness. Votes: 0

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science. Votes: 0

I've met with a group of very distinguished, experienced police chiefs a few weeks ago. They admit it's an issue. They've got a lot of concerns. Votes: 0

I think one of the things that distinguished my work from the beginning when I was in college was my turning towards poetry from other countries. Votes: 0

Informing all of Carson's work was the idea that although human beings are part of nature, we are distinguished by our power to alter it irreversibly. Votes: 0

To exist is to be something, as distinguished from the nothing of non-existence, it is to be an entity of a specific nature made of specific attributes. Votes: 0

The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus. Votes: 0

When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them. Votes: 0

This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments. Votes: 0

The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution. Votes: 0

Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.] Votes: 0

Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted, the same pleasures. Votes: 0

At that time two opposing concepts of the Game called forth commentary and discussion. The foremost players distinguished two principal types of Game, the formal and the psychological. Votes: 0

In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. Votes: 0

A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip. Votes: 0

A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action; a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and principles,Mthat was what distinguished him. Votes: 0

When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it. Votes: 0

My name, my origins, my background and my experiences are what leveraged my success. The angle of the immigrant, through which I examined the reality in France, distinguished me. Votes: 0

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later. Votes: 0

The traditional Sanskrit learning has given to Brahaman community of Kashmir, small as it has been always, a distinguished place in the history of Sanskrit literature since early times. Votes: 0

Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa. Votes: 0

But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may be known and distinguished by holy lives. Votes: 0

Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood. Votes: 0

It is proof of a narrow mind when things worthy of esteem are distinguished from things worthy of love. Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem. Votes: 0

The reality, or substance, of professional wrestling is the ability to perpetuate a fantasy. I never distinguished between fantasy and reality. I made my fantasy reality for over 60 years. Votes: 0

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. Votes: 0

The efforts of apologists to find genuinely distinguished modern scientists who are religious have an air of desperation, generating the unmistakably hollow sound or bottoms of barrels being scraped. Votes: 0

Of all the myriads of God, Daridranarayana is the most sacred inasmuch as it represents the untold millions of the poor people as distinguished from the few rich people. Votes: 0

The healthy life is hardly one marked by an absence of crises. In fact, an individual's psychological health is distinguished by how early he or she can meet crisis. Votes: 0

There is something distinguished about even his failures; they sink not trivially, but with a certain air of majesty, like a great ship, its flags flying, full of holes. Votes: 0

[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex. Votes: 0

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form. Votes: 0

Only in the Fall of 1924 did [Joseph] Stalin discover that it is especially Russia, as distinguished from other countries, which can by its own forces build up a socialist society. Votes: 0

The improvements of ages have had but little influence on the essential laws of man's existence: as our skeletons, probably, are not to be distinguished from those of our ancestors. Votes: 0

Now my uncle knew many of them personally, and also ladies of another class, not clearly distinguished from actresses in my mind. He used to entertain them at his house. Votes: 0

What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic. Votes: 0

But we must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts. Votes: 0

He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors. Votes: 0

For a long time, I've distinguished between entertainer and performer and entertainer and artist. To me, an entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself. Votes: 0

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions. Votes: 0

You don't get drown by falling into a river. You get drown by remaining there. Falling accidentally and rising immediately was what distinguished Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln from the rest. Votes: 0

They are the best physicians, who being great in learning most incline to the traditions of experience, or being distinguished in practice do not reflect the methods and generalities of art. Votes: 0

As a scientist Miss [Rosalind] Franklin was distinguished by extreme clarity and perfection in everything she undertook. Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken. Votes: 0

I'm just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else's. I'm sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It's disgusting. Votes: 0

The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but it also passes on a critical attitude towards them. Votes: 0

This twenty-year-old boy was distinguished from childhood by strange qualities, a dreamer and an eccentric. A girl fell in love with him, and he went and sold her to a brothel... Votes: 0

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy. Votes: 0

A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart. Votes: 0

Sagebrush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child the mule. Votes: 0

If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures - but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist's own art. Votes: 0

The feeling we experience while we look at a picture is not to be distinguished from the picture or from ourselves. the feeling, picture, and ourselves are united in one mystery. Votes: 0

People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought only in the more distinguished cut of an evening dress. Votes: 0

The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a highercaste, not ennobled by birth, however, but by deliberate self-initiation. Votes: 0

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth. Votes: 0

The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue, are complete sceptics in religion. Votes: 0

In art there are two principal schools between which each aspirant has to choose--one distinguished by its close adherence to nature, and the other by its strenuous efforts to get above it. Votes: 0

The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the Administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and retain the most distinguished women in the world is empty. Votes: 0

Being rich and coming from a distinguished family background doesn't guarantee happiness, Abby. In fact, it might make happiness harder to find because you have to live up to akk that expectation. Votes: 0

It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history to testify that the primal urge has a most distinguished presidential pedigree. Votes: 0

Before venturing on so large an undertaking as is involved in the task I had set myself I consulted a number of distinguished scholars as to the desirability of such a series. Votes: 0

A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor. Votes: 0

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. Votes: 0

There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from Gary, as were several other distinguished economists. Votes: 0

When in place of love you have grieves. And in place of glory nonfulfillment of hopes you earn, know that it's a natural catastrophe preparing you for distinguished conditions." - Darmie Orem Votes: 0

Though men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and the superiority of their faculties above the rest of mankind. Votes: 0

The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons. Not to fall asleep is distinguished. Everything else is mere popcorn. Votes: 0

[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as a creative art, the other regarding geology as an exact science. Votes: 0

The word philosophy, as distinguished from science, is misleading, for it implies that what philosophy contains is impossible to be a systematic body of knowledge and what science contains is certain or proved. Votes: 0

Not every age allows its sons to reap the results which remain great for all time, and . . . not every century is fitted to make the men who live in it distinguished and happy. Votes: 0

Just as in nature systems of order govern the growth and structure of animate and inanimate matter, so human activity itself has, since the earliest times, been distinguished by the quest for order. Votes: 0

Imagination tends to be truly useful if accompanied by the power of mental control - if the worlds in one's head can be purposefully manipulated and distinguished from the real one outside it. Votes: 0

In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God. Votes: 0

As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways. Votes: 0

At times God's best pupils experience the most rigorous and continuous courses. Eventually those who prove to be men of Christ will thereby become distinguished alumni of life's school of affliction, graduating with honors. Votes: 0

I am humbled and deeply honored to have been asked to serve the congregants of Shearith Israel, a congregation with an incomparable history, where some of America's most distinguished rabbis have pastored and preached. Votes: 0

James Watt was equally distinguished as a natural philosopher and chemist; his inventions demonstrate his profound knowledge of those sciences, and that peculiar characteristic of genius - the union of them for practical application. Votes: 0

I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development. Votes: 0

I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash in life.... I amresolved to restrain myself and attend more to decorum. Votes: 0

Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will. Votes: 0

A unitary urbanism "” the synthesis of art and technology that we call for "” must be constructed according to certain new values of life, values which now need to be distinguished and disseminated. Votes: 0

He [God] watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son. Votes: 0

A distinguished cognitive neuroscientist confessed to me that, because of his religious upbringing, he could not get rid of psychoneural dualism. The idea that one ceases to be after death was too painful to him. Votes: 0

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction. Votes: 0

It is the tragedy of a distinguished mind and a generous nature that have gone unappreciated in a conventional, unimaginative world. A victim of men's incomprehension of women, a symptom of women's mistrust of men. Votes: 0

The history of literature is the history of the human mind. It is, as compared with other histories, the intellectual as distinguished from the material, the informing spirit as compared with the outward and visible. Votes: 0

Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate. Votes: 0

We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan. Votes: 0

Man is not distinguished from [the animals] by a special kind of soul, or by any peculiar and exclusive psychic function, but only by a higher degree of psychic activity, a superior stage of development. Votes: 0

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. Votes: 0

I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. Votes: 0

I have never distinguished readily between thinking and dreaming. I know my life would be much different if I could ever say, This I have learned from my senses, while that I have merely imagined. Votes: 0

All trades, arts, and handiworks have gained by division of labor... Where the different kinds of work are not distinguished and divided, where everyone is a jack-of-all-trades, there manufactures remain still in the greatest barbarism. Votes: 0

Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes have distinguished themselves in London and Paris, by the purity of their tournure. Votes: 0

Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully distinguished from turgid, pretentious, badly-written Bullsgeshichte, to use the technical German theological term. Votes: 0

Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully distinguished from turgid, pretentious, badly-written Bullsgeshichte, to use the technical German theological term. Votes: 0