Quotes of: Main-thing Keyword

One of Netscape's main attractions to customers from Day One is that we provide alternatives. And that's cherished by many customers - certainly not all.

Jim Barksdale

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.

Julianna Baggott

I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect the speaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental.

David Foster Wallace

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.

Evan Davis

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

Bertrand Russell

We do live in an environment of crony capitalism, and the main reason we do is that loopholes are for sale, and both parties have their hands out through those loopholes.

Gary Johnson

Advertising, an art, is constantly besieged and compromised by logicians and technocrats, the scientists of our profession who wildly miss the main point about everything we do…

George Lois

The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free.

Gabrielle Roy

I always feel calmer when I exercise. In fact, that's probably the main reason I exercise.

Gretchen Rubin

The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.

Grace Slick

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

George Bernard Shaw

I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species.

George C. Williams

To my mind, the main reason for the Depression in the United States as a whole, is the bondage of debt and the spirit of speculation among the people.

Heber J. Grant

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.

J.I. Packer

Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main one for us.

John Terry

Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.

Danica McKellar

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

J.M. Coetzee

I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.

James H. Douglas, Jr.

I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.

Jenna Fischer

The main difference between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives are honest about it. We're kind of dorks about it. We are kind of like Dungeons and Dragons geeks.

Jonah Goldberg

It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one of these days. We never throw away any idea.

John Hench