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“Prison spending has increased at five times the rate of spending per grade school student.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The rate of increase in male suicide in India is growing at more than nine times that of female suicide.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The gap in sentencing is six times greater for men versus women than it is for blacks versus whites.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Divorced men are almost ten times more likely to commit suicide than divorced women from similar backgrounds.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oft times many things fall out between the cup and the lip.”
Robert Greene (dramatist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Globalization -- and I think we share this conviction -- is that globalization needs to be shaped politically. It needs to be given a human face. But we cannot allow to fall back into pre-globalization times. So this conclusion of trade agreements that go beyond the scope of mere tariff agreements, customs agreements, are most important.”
Angela Merkel (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Repitition is the mother of knowledge. To help our children retain God's Word, we repeated a verse six times with them, then gave them a reward (a candy bar) when they had memorized ten verses. I have calculated that we had around six thousand family devotions with our children. The three of them made it through their teenage years without an ounce of rebellion.”
Ray Comfort (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The growing pains of … being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do many things. And yet there seems to be a misunderstanding about who you are and what you're trying to do. And that requires patience, and people eventually will understand.”
Matt Dillon (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bill Muller (June 24, 2005) "Dillon Bucks Wayward-Youth Roles", The Arizona Republic, p. P3.
“Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.”
Matt Dillon (born 1964) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hillary Jackson (April 7, 2001) "Dillon's new direction", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W16.
“If i were a little braver i would have asked her something like, "Do you think Kickass: the movie is a comedy in the traditional, classical sense?" and we could have that conversation and it would lead to other conversations during the flat and lonely times.”
Daniel Handler (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm full of hard times today”
Daniel Handler (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[about travelling by train]"Please let the passengers off the train first." British people have an amazing ability to let people off a train whilst at all times, moving forwards.”
Michael McIntyre (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In his letter of February 10, 1799, to the Grand Seignior of Constantinople Tipu claimed that “near five hundred thousand of the infidels of the district of Calicut, Nuzzuraband, Zufferabaud, and Ashrufabaud . . . have been converted at different times” (Martin, 1837, p. 30).”
Tipu Sultan (1751–1799) said by 1799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Tipu Sultan in History: Revisionism Revised. Narasingha Sil, 2013. Martin, M. (1837). The despatches, minutes and correspondence of the Marquess Wellesley, K. G. during his administration (Vol. 5). London, England: W…
“Quintus Cassius: I have dreamed of this night, boy. [he purred, and gently stroked the side of my face with the baseball bat.] Quintus Cassius: In my day, we would say that revenge is sweet. But times have changed. How do you say...? "Payback is a bitch.”
Jim Butcher (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But if authors, even of taste and genius, be found at times to have made an injudicious use of that liberty which is allowed in the translation of poetry, we must expect to see it miserably abused indeed, where those talents are evidently wanting.”
Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747–1813) said by 1813 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I fought the director for a week to stay blonde, but, eventually, I had to give in. It's amazing how differently people react to you if you're not a blonde. Shortly after I'd dyed it, I walked past a building site and got no reaction whatsoever, and then I tried to get a cab and not one stopped. Getting a cab in London is difficult at the best of times, but being blonde certainly helps.”
Alice Evans (born 1971) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: She may have lost a Picasso..." The Daily Express, 15 January 2001.
“The “Copernican Principle” or “Cosmic Mediocrity”... states, basically, that Earth does not occupy a privileged place in the universe. Universality asserts more, namely that there are no privileged places or times.”
Frank Wilczek (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Often does the memory of former times come, like the evening sun, on my soul.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whence is the stream of years? Whither do they roll along? Where have they hid, in mist, their many-coloured sides? I look into the times of old, but they seem dim to Ossian's eyes, like reflected moon-beams, on a distant lake.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pleasant are the words of the song," said Cuthullin, "and lovely are the tales of other times. They are like the calm dew of the morning on the hill of roes, when the sun is faint on its side, and the lake is settled and blue in the vale.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hail, Carril of other times! Thy voice is like the harp in the halls of Tura.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With a genius truly poetical, he [Macpherson] was one of the first literary impostors in modern times.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Malcolm Laing, The Poems of Ossian, Vol. I (1805), p. liv.
“I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show.”
“When he comes to me, I am ready. I’ll wash his feet with my hair if he needs, Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain. Even after three times, he betrays me. I’ll bring him down, bring him down, down, A king with no crown, king with no crown.”
“I believe that at times such as these my modest efforts may be useful to mankind. I have shown how the new art has succeeded in bringing about pure relationships, and furthermore how these can be created in day-to-day life. [Mondrian tried to convince the Dutch publisher Stols to publish his new manuscript 'L'art et la vie']”
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to A. M. Stols, 26 March 1932; as quoted in Mondrian, - The Art of Destruction, Carel Blotkamp, Reaktion Books LTD. London 2001, p. 222
“In a Capitalistic state you are aided on all sides by the corruption of the philosophy of man and the times. You will discover that everything will aid you in your campaign to seize, control and use all "mental healing" to spread our doctrine and rid us of our enemies within their own borders.”
Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is not every man familiar with situations in his own life, when the needs of self-expression cannot be satisfied by saying any thing whatsoever times and occasions when, to make his fellows understand what he means, he must straight way do something, or be something, and perhaps hold his tongue the while? And can we deny that the same holds good of the Universe?”
L. P. Jacks (1860–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cynthia: Of all the times to come out to your family, I had to do it right before the last presidential debate. Damn that John Kerry! Ginger: Cynthia, I'm sorry your parents are having a meltdown, but it's hardly John Kerry's fault. Cynthia: When he called Mary Cheney a lesbian, I felt like I had been drop-kicked. Ginger: Well, Mary Cheney is a lesbian, and you're a political football.”
Alison Bechdel (born 1960) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: #452, "Absolute Value" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
“Just because we fall and slip up at times, doesn't mean it should define who we are. We fail. We're humans. It's how we heal wounds that count.”
Keshia Chante (born 1988) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Official Website (2009)
“Ignatius...noted that several of the actors, the composer, the director, the hair designer, and the assistant producer were all people whose efforts had offended him at various times in the past.”
John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. Reason is language — Logos; I gnaw on this marrowbone and will gnaw myself to death over it. It is still always dark over these depths for me: I am still always awaiting an apocalyptic angel with a key to this abyss.”
Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Briefwechsel, ed. Arthur Henkel (Wiesbaden/Frankfurt: Insel Verlag, 1955-1975), vol. V, p. 177.
“In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk. … But the American people are willing to listen to any one who has attained prominence. The main fact is that we've heard a man's name a great many times; that makes us ready to accept whatever he says.”
Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Simplicity of structure means organic unity, whether the organism be simple or complex; and hence in all times the emphasis which critics have laid upon Simplicity, though they have not unfrequently confounded it with narrowness of range.”
George Henry Lewes (1817–1878) said by 1878 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no Intrinsick Worth in Money but what is alterable with the Times, and whether a Guinea goes for Twenty Pounds or for a Shilling, it is … the Labour of the Poor, and not the high and low value that is set on Gold or Silver, which all the Comforts of Life must arise from.”
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) said by 1733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If it is permitted to the enlightened but baffled Statesman, when deserted and fallen from his place, to appeal from the voices of the moment to the judgment of more impartial times, with what right can we call in question the loftier form of the same prophetic trust which looks to a present God rather than to future men?”
James Martineau (1805–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I enjoy my life. The fame part of it freaked me out for a little while, and there are definitely times when it's not so great to be special and known by everybody — you know, when you're wearing the wrong thing, or just in a vulnerable place. But I'm good with my life now.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Jim Carrey: Bruce Almighty by Stella Papamichael, at BBC (16 June 2003)
“In many times and places, mine eyes have seen the glory, I thought. And sometimes, when our eyes are opened to Him, the glory seems particularly bright- at home.”
Anita Bryant (1940–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God provides access to Him at all times and in all places. You can enter a new relationship to God at this moment through His Son Jesus Christ. It doesn't matter if you never approached Him before, or if you once knew Him but have turned away. Even if you're not quite convinced in your heart that God exists and that He cares for you, He still wants to hear from you.”
Anita Bryant (1940–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men repent speaking ten times, for once that they repent keeping silence. It is an advantage to have concealed one's opinion; for by that means you may change your judgment of things (which every wise man fmds reason to do) and not be accused of fickleness.”
James Burgh (1714–1775) said by 1775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But there are times when being happy — just happy, nothing else — is simply vile." "Why?" Jill inquired. "Because," Enrique reasoned, "one cant be happy in a place where everybody is unhappy.”
Imre Kertész (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truly we are passing through disastrous times, when we may well make our own the lamentation of the Prophet: "There is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land" (Hosea 4:1). Yet in the midst of this tide of evil, the Virgin Most Merciful rises before our eyes like a rainbow, as the arbiter of peace between God and man.”
Pope Pius X (1835–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement prior to World War I, quoted in Biographical profile at Living Water Community, and partially in A Treasury of Saints : 100 Saints : Their Lives and Times (2002) by Malcolm Day, and St. Mary's Catholic Church,…
“To maintain immaculate speech, often times silence is required.”
Yahia Lababidi (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hearts clicking. Remember that. Just so many times and click, we go away in this roofless world.”
J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Interesting that in times of terror, when the boom is to be lowered, people you hire to save you trouble and trembling think instantly of their own skins. As things come out of the void to get you. Bullets, buses, trucks, germs.”
J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.”
Edna O'Brien (1930–2024) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Country Girl: a Memoir (2012), "The Doll's House" section
“To our dismay, users who had been enduring several hour waits between jobs run under batch processing were suddenly restless when response times were more than a second.”
Fernando J. Corbató (1926–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.”
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do For you And all the times I had the chance to.”
Jackson Browne (born 1948) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: These Days" (ca. 1964-1965), from For Everyman (1973); previously recorded by Nico, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom Rush, Kenny Loggins, Iain Matthews, and Mates of State
“In the Samoiedas literary school, the students get satisfied only with shallow literary appearances and a ordinary simulation of notoriety, sometimes because of their intellectual incapacity and some other times by a vicious and careless instruction.”
Lima Barreto (1881–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Times go by turns and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.”
Robert Southwell (priest) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source