Apt Quotes

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.

In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the present profane ones think this very reprehensible, I venture to agree with the sacred writers.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.

To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs.

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.