Admire Quotes - Page 5

• We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.'

  B. F. Skinner

  Mean, People

  "Beyond Freedom and Dignity". Book by B. F. Skinner, 1971.

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• The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.

  H. L. Mencken

  Success, Truth, Liars

  H. L. Mencken (1924). “Prejudices Fourth Series”

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• You can love a woman. To admire her is hard. You are not dealing with something important.

  Henri Michaux

  Important, Hard

  Henri Michaux, Robin Magowan (2001). “Ecuador”, p.59, Northwestern University Press

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• It is the free spirited men and women that we most admire and often envy - those individuals who dare to be themselves.

  Kevyn Aucoin

  Men, Envy, Free Spirit

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• It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste.

  Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

  Taste, Impossible, Admiration

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• Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Spirit, Admiration

  William Makepeace Thackeray, Edgar F. Harden (2007). “The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour”, p.64, University of Michigan Press

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• There's nothing makes you admire people like seeing yourself in them.

  Jean Plaidy

  People, Admiration, Seeing Yourself

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• Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  People, Enough

  Vincent van Gogh, Victoria Charles (2014). “Vincent van Gogh”, p.36, Parkstone International

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• Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Civilization, Modern, Steam Engines

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4494, e-artnow

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• It's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire.

  Frank Herbert

  Enemy, Easier, Terrified

  FRANK HERBERT (1965). “DUNE”

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• The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone.

  Vanessa Redgrave

  Struggle, People

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• Enjoy your work and work for whom you admire.

  Warren Buffett

  Investing, Enjoy, Enjoy Your Work

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• I just tend to admire people who go for what they believe in, like David Lynch for example, and just say what goes through their heads, and are not afraid of people not accepting them. I have no respect for people who deliberately try to be weird to attract attention, but if that's who you honestly are, you shouldn't try to "normalize yourself". It's a fine line.

  Alicia Witt

  Believe, People, Trying

  AOL Live, 1996.

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• He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Mean, Snob

  The Book of Snobs ch. 2 (1848)

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• The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

  Confucius

  Wise, Moving, Men

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• The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Independent, Dislike Someone, Independence

  Sydney J. Harris (1972). “For the Time Being”

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• I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

  Katherine Dunham

  Thinking, Talent, Admiring

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• When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Bullying, Clever, Kindness

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• I admire people who just do the right thing, not looking to screw people up. I love all people.

  Jessica Hahn

  People, Screws, Right Thing

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• The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Funny, Dog, People

  Letter to John Forster, 1850.

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• Life is beauty, admire it.

  Mother Teresa

  Beauty, Life Is

  "Life Is". Poem by Mother Teresa, www.beliefnet.com.

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• A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

  Leo Rosten

  Political, Definitions, Politics

  "The Modern Handbook of Humor". Book by Ralph Woods, 1967.

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• Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness of the ocean, the orbits of the stars, and yet they neglect to marvel at themselves. Variant: Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.

  Saint Augustine

  Nature, Stars, Ocean

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• I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

  Michael Hutchence

  Attitude, Style, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

  Frank Shorter

  Sports, Hero, Want

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