Quotes by Half Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other. Benjamin Constant weaknesshalfway Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses. Benjamin Disraeli asscabinetshalf Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see. Benjamin Franklin halfbeliefbelieve After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together. Benjamin Franklin halftogethermen A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors. Benjamin Franklin halfanimalmen An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est. Benjamin Franklin teethhalfroots Half-wits talk much, but say little. Benjamin Franklin withalflittles Mankind are very odd creatures: Benjamin Franklin oddhalfpractice The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken. Benjamin Whichcote imperfectmysterioushalf I spent half my life, roughly speaking, doing the study of nature in many aspects and half of my life studying completely artificial shapes. And the two are extraordinarily close; in one way both are fractal. Benoit Mandelbrot shapeshalftwo A half-truth is usually less than half of that. Bernard Williams truth-ishalflying Today, over half of American workers have less than $10,000 in savings and have no idea how they will be able to retire with any shred of dignity. Bernie Sanders savinghalfideas We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history. Bernie Sanders campaignshalftwo If we spent half an hour every day in silent immobility, I am convinced that we should conduct all our affairs, personal, national, and international, far more sanely than we do at present. Bertrand Russell affairmeditationhalf Half the useful work in the world consists of combating the harmful work. Bertrand Russell halfworld Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. Bertrand Russell boredomhalffear Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day. Bess Truman halfghostnuts Long ago, I did a five-and-a-half-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week talk show for four years, early on, in Los Angeles - local show. And when you are on that many hours with no script, you know, you get very comfortable, maybe overly comfortable with that small audience. Betty White long-agohalfyears I'm known to have a hottie open, I keep the shotty smokin, Front and get half the bones in your body broken. Big L bodybrokenhalf The US is indeed a terrorist nation. ...It's also the greatest purveyor of violence on earth over the past half century, and the foremost threat to world peace today. Bill Ayers halfpastworld«678910111213141516»
