Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alfred Nobel

I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.

Nicolas Chamfort

Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.

Ivor Novello

There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness!

Irving Layton

I have stopped being a misanthrope.

Tom Baker

I never examined what I did in any great detail because I thought it would spoil things. I never read the scripts at all carefully, and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien that's the way it should be.

Srikumar Rao

Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child wants, but it is what the child needs.

Jaiprakash Gaur

A leader who is a benevolent dictator is actually a democrat by spirit.

Atharva Veda

The one, who is benevolent and liberal enjoys peace, happiness and prosperity.

Alan Johnson

We're often kind and benevolent to senior executives who fail,

Thomas Jefferson

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine

Thomas Walker

James was a role model for all of us. He was a fair man, a benevolent man and had a profound love for people,

Barry Humphries

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.

Val McDermid

Why do the police need to know where I am? In the hands of a benevolent government, they could be looking after your interests, but what if the next government isn't so benevolent?