Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bergen Evans

The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.

Antoine Rivarol

There is even the dignity of vice.

Juvenal

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap

Benjamin Disraeli

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

Elfriede Jelinek

Vice is basically the love of failure.

Augustus Hare

Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.

Samuel Butler

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

Samuel Butler

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Cyril Connolly

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

Mel Gibson

I'm as vain as the next guy. I have a facade on right now. But you can't see it, because it's reality-based.

Hosea Ballou

Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.

Horace

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.

Mary Howitt

To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again.

Mark Twain

Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.

Joseph Addison

Whilst I yet live, let me not live in vain.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the "No.

Philip Sidney

Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker.

John Gay

Who talks much, must talk in vain.

John Anderson

People need to be prepared to embrace recycling, including for potable purposes.

Rob Portman

Our talks today were frank, constructive and embraced the spirit of President Bush's challenge,

Joe Klein

Republicans should embrace the possibility that Obamacare could pave the way toward lower health care entitlement spending overall. That won't be easy. But it's not unthinkable, either.

Jeff Blauser

I still look at him as a player, so it was nice to see what he's been able to come in here and do. My hope is that our regulars here will watch, embrace and learn everything they can from him while he's here.

Greg Harrison

I think raves are being embraced because ... it's a very interactive experience,

Chris Van Allsburg

I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.

Jennifer Connelly

I am a huge fan of personal hygiene, so I embrace water,

Simon Spurr

I think the success of any brand reboot is to acknowledge the heritage but to embrace and interpret it in a way that makes it relevant and wearable to the modern consumer.

Nancy Pelosi

The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.