Spite Quotes - page 2

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality. (Clarence Darrow)
This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation. View quote
Will Rogers
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. View quote
Anne Frank
Fresh pitsand, however, in spite of all its excellence in concrete structures, is not equally useful in stucco, the richness of which, when the lime and straw are mixed with such sand, will cause it to crack as it dries on account of the great strength of the mixture. But river sand, though useless in "signinum" on account of its thinness, becomes perfectly solid in stucco when thoroughly worked by means of polishing instruments. View quote
Vitruvius
Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it. View quote
Nadine Gordimer
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. View quote
Vincent van Gogh
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. View quote
Winston Churchill
Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers. View quote
Voltaire
Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small. View quote
Phillips Brooks
Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man is the same - the image of God. View quote
John of Kronstadt
... the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us. (Melody Beattie)
At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time. View quote
Rafael Moneo
My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all... All my heart has ever wanted is you. View quote
Stephanie Laurens
The conditions of the near future must naturally develop from those which we see today; and I think that as we look about us, unless we are terribly prejudiced, we must admit that in spite of our boasted civilization there is very much which is highly unsatisfactory. p. 324. View quote
Charles Webster Leadbeater
In spite of your fear, do what you have to do. View quote
Chin-Ning Chu
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck -- and, of course, courage. View quote
Bill Cosby
I was half asleep but I smiled. In spite of all his irritating qualities, I couldn't help liking a man who despised a fictional character with such passion. View quote
David Benioff
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. View quote
Fritz Kreisler
What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and relaxation of police regulations. View quote
Fritz Kreisler
Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it. View quote
Kenneth Lee Pike
The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them. (Otis Williams)
I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. View quote
Tahar Ben Jelloun
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. View quote
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
We must frankly confess, then, using our empirical common sense and ordinary practical prejudices, that in the world that actually is, the virtues of sympathy, charity, and non-resistance may be, and often have been, manifested in excess. ... You will agree to this in general, for in spite of the Gospel, in spite of Quakerism, in spite of Tolstoi, you believe in fighting fire with fire, in shooting down usurpers, locking up thieves, and freezing out vagabonds and swindlers. View quote
William James