Quotes of: Despite Keyword

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.

Frances Burney

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.

G. Stanley Hall

Jobs are a centuries-old concept created during the Industrial Revolution. Despite the reality that we're now deep in the Information Age, many people are studying for, or working at, or clinging to the Industrial Age idea of a safe, secure job.

Robert Kiyosaki

It is wonderful to contemplate how the planetary forces balance each other so perfectly that universal equilibrium is maintained despite the disturbances of the 1,500 millions which inhabit the Earth alone, not to speak of other spheres.

Max Heindel

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of differen...

Steve Kerr

I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

Orson Welles

Tomorrow’s Pancake Friday, despite the fact that it’s Monday, and I don’t eat breakfast.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

Despite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technology

The Host

Despite all claims to the contrary, we have not been called by God to be inspectors of others production or quality of 'fruit'.

The Journey Is the Destination: A Book of Quotes With Commentaries

If an angry bull is running toward you, and your pants become wet despite holding the red cloth, make sure the other side of the cloth is white.

Johnny Fracture

Hopefully, someday we will both realize that despite our sharp differences, you and I have more in common than we think.

Revolt: The Secession of Mill Valley

Courage is acting in faith despite your feelings of fear.

The Spirit, Soul and Body of Worship: Worshiping God with All That We Are

Despite, or because of their faith in miraculous cures, a strain of superstitious belief ran through this proud, emotionally distant family of intellectuals.

Modigliani: A Life

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.

At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays

Despite their promises at the last Election, the politicians had not yet changed the climate.

Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future

I am torn between the freedom of this adventure and the benefits of civilization despite its constraints.

The Secret Mandarin

Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness

Snow

It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to dope.

Racing Through the Dark

And always, I could see that, despite his weakness for her or because of it, he seemed uncatchable, as if he might slip away at any moment.

Tiger Lily

he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at his desk.

War and Peace

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp.

Alex Campbell