Tolerate Quotes - Page 18

• I don't like those men who claim that their wife is their best friend. . . . I think spouses should tolerate each other and occasionally have sex.

  Adam Carolla

  Sex, Men, Thinking

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• We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most monstrous crimes.

  Aldous Huxley

  Lying, Ignorance, Order

  Aldous Huxley (2001). “Complete Essays: 1936-1938”, Ivan R Dee

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• When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.

  Radhanath Swami

  Consciousness, Krishna, Difficult

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• Anger is precious because it is an immediate, undeniable clue to what our minds (so much more cautious in rejection and resistance than our bodies) will not tolerate.

  Laura Riding

  Rejection, Mind, Body

  "In Defence of Anger". "Essays from 'Epilogue' 1935-1937". Book by Laura Riding, Robert Graves, and Mark Jacobs, 2001.

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• I've said consistently that no employer ever really accepts a union. They tolerate the unions. The very minute they can get a pool of unemployment they'll challenge the unions and try to get back what they call managements prerogatives, meaning hire, fire, pay what you want.

  Jimmy Hoffa

  Fire, Challenges, Trying

  "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 213), 1975.

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• Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Appreciation, Tolerance, Mood

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• I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own.

  Thomas Keating

  Venture, Enough

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer, the genius of the whole system, the nature of just and constitutional laws, and above all the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America, a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it. If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the Legislature as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate anything but liberty.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Law, Class, America

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.265

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• By 1975 - and continuing to today - all Americans came to believe that they had a "right" to a safe, clean, healthy environment. When I grew up, no one seriously criticized the steel mills and paper mills for the deadly stench they produced - that was the smell of prosperity. In the modern society, no one would tolerate such conditions in an American city.

  Denis Hayes

  Believe, Cities, Smell

  "The Rumpus Interview with Earth Day organiser Denis Hayes". Interview with Melissa Price, therumpus.net. April 22, 2009.

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• The Soviets sought not a place in the sun, but the sun itself. Their objective was the world. They would not tolerate compromise on goals, only on tactics.

  John Foster Dulles

  Goal, Tactics, World

  Comment to his brother Allen. Quoted in Peter Grose Gentleman Spy (1994).

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• Above all things the mass-mind is most bitterly resentful of superiority. It will not tolerate the thought of an elite; and under a political system of universal suffrage, the mass-mind is enabled to make its antipathies prevail.

  Albert J. Nock

  Political, Mind, Mass

  "Memoirs of a Superfluous Man" by Albert J. Nock, (p. 88), 1943.

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• One of the big areas I'd like to see a lot more research done on is the sensory problems, and it's real variable. One kid's got sound sensitivity; another one can't tolerate fluorescent lights. I can't stand scratchy clothes.

  Temple Grandin

  Real, Kids, Clothes

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try!

  Tom Lehrer

  Hands, Trying, Steps

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• Marriage is the lightning rod that absorbs anxiety and stress from all other sources, past and present. When marriage has a firm foundation of solid friendship and mutual respect, it can tolerate a fair amount of raw emotion. A good fight can clear the air, and it's nice to know we can survive conflict and even learn from it. Many couples, however, get trapped in endless rounds of fighting and blaming that they don't know how to get out of. When fights go unchecked and unrepaired, they can eventually erode love and respect, which are the bedrock of any successful relationship.

  Harriet Lerner

  Couple, Nice, Stress

  FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Nov 14, 2013

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• You tolerate me. You really tolerate me!

  Sean Penn

  Sean Penn's acceptance speech for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in "Dead Man Walking", 1996.

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• In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment, in order to preserve democracy, and if people start bullying people into fearing that if I say something I could offend people, that is exactly why we have a constitution.

  Harvey Levin

  Country, Bullying, Order

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• everything is ambiguous. It's exciting, in a way, if you can tolerate ambiguity. I can't, but I'm taking a course where it's taught, in the hope of acquiring the skill. It's called Modern Living, and you get no credit.

  Sheila Ballantyne

  Skills, Credit, Way

  Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books

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• There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing.

  Robert Browning

  Believe, Hands

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• Lying is forbidden in Iraq. President Saddam Hussein will tolerate nothing but truthfulness as he is a man of great honour and integrity. Everyone is encouraged to speak freely of the truths evidenced in their eyes and hearts.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Lying, Integrity, Eye

  "Baghdad or Bust: The Inside Story of Gulf War 2". Book by Mike Ryan, 2003.

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• There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.

  Dominic Cooper

  Jobs, Character, Numbers

  "Don't call me Mr Darcy" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2008.

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• We don't tolerate terrorism. We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Support, Action, Terrorism

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• If someone says that they have to 'tolerate' cultural differences and cultural groupings different from themselves then that may make it difficult, at the same time, to condemn unjust practices within those cultures.

  Alison Assiter

  Practice, Differences, Different

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• It seems like people need to get into the last album until they can tolerate the next one. And then, slowly but surely, by the time the new one's available, they've gotten into the last one and they really love it.

  Rob Brown

  People, Needs, Lasts

  "Autechre". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. February 18, 2008.

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• He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so fragile, he couldn't take the controversy of making a public statement against the war. He knew that people were rabid. They attacked me mercilessly after I did the press conference with Musicians United to Win Without War. He knew that he couldn't tolerate that.

  Rosanne Cash

  War, Winning, Iraq

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• Only the individual can decide what level of risk she can tolerate and what level of freedom she's willing to sacrifice for the sake of safety.

  Park Dietz

  Sacrifice, Safety, Risk

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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