Makes Quotes

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.

There is an eternal conflict between the school-room and the bar-room. The school-room makes men, the bar-room destroys them.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.

There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter.

I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.

And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up with Australian television or British television.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

You see, as Americans we're not defined by class, and we will never be told our place. What makes our nation exceptional is that anyone, from any background, can climb the highest of heights.

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.

I find it almost comforting to count calories, because it makes me conscious of what I'm eating. But on Super Bowl Sunday, I thought, 'Surrender to it. It's nacho time.' Then I ate nothing but Doritos all day.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

In my opinion, fun is what makes advertising successful.

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.

I don't like anything that's too confining. I'm sort of a control freak, so anything that makes me feel like I'm out of control is a bit uncomfortable. But you know how it is, sometimes it's good to live a little!

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it.

This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.