Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Make to Mighty
a better mouse-trap, 1780
no little plans, 1360
energy and m., 1486
in the readiness to overestimate people, 1265
toward none, 1325
vein of jocund m., 24
Fortune, that with m. joy, 636
and the hour have met, 1822
arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, 1109
behind every m. who’s a failure, 2017
blend which makes the perfect m., 1352
Concern for the m. himself, 1661
constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, 425
created to God’s image and likeness, 1152
doth not live by bread only, 1112
Every m. will be a poet, 1161
false to any m., 1675
forgotten m. at the bottom of the economic pyramid, 1154
going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly, 125
has only a thin layer of soil between himself and starvation, 31
he seems / In all his lineaments, 919
his strength, his possibilities, his reason, 1743
human nature in m., 1148
I joked about every prominent m. of my time, 1155
If m. could be crossed with the cat it would improve the m., 164
indebted to no m., 1492
is a born predestined idealist, 869
is a piece of the continent, 134
is a social animal, 911
is about to be an automaton, 1144
is also, and pre-eminently, intelligent and free, 1152
is by nature a political animal, 1390
is not made for defeat, 398
is not made to be trusted for life, 940
is the touchstone of value, 901
let no more be heard of confidence in m., 331
must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state, 628
my own m., 1491
neither m. nor nation can prosper unless … thought is … taken for the future, 312
never met a m. I dident like, 1155
no indispensable m., 1153
no m. is an island, 134
no M. worth having is true to his Wife, 2009
No particular m. is necessary to the state, 1151
nothing better becomes a well-bred m. than agriculture, 28
Nothing is worth the making if / It does not make the m., 1149
of action, 2–3
one small step for a m., 1738
one useless m. is called a disgrace, 273
only m. is vile, 1147
people’s m., 1491
proper function of m. is to live, not to exist, 1118
proud m., 1159
Remember, thou, too, are a m., 1224
shall know bread and peace, 1463
tame the savageness of m., 1864
This was a m., 1160
Treat him as a m., 119
What then is the American, this new m.?, 48
who fights the bull, 14
who had no feet, 1682
who is actually in the arena, 10
who leads a great, free, democratic nation, 1024
who rises to power / From one suspender, 1452
who spends himself in a worthy cause, 10
who was tarred and feathered and carried out of town on a rail, 1498
whose … statue [should be] placed in every college, 6
will not merely endure: he will prevail, 1145
wine drinks the m., 34
your m., 1491
and Birminghams, 1847
going on m.—yes, only on m., 2053
begins when we have in any way made truce with Necessity, 1143
bank m., 101
we commit honest m. to Bedlam, 926
blessing and not a curse to m., 1661
chief end of human effort … should be usefulness to m., 502
I am involved in m., 134
it [atomic energy] belongs to all m., 1254
might enjoy freedom and inherit peace, 1733
natural rights of m., 1058
not for America alone, but for all m., 56
one giant leap for m., 1738
sacred rights of m., 865
which began in a cave, 1162
were their own business, 81
any m. death diminishes me, 134
house is his castle, 859
Men are men before they are … m., 1150
appeal to the passions of the m., 314
do so much for so m. on so little, 449
so much owed to so m., 2052
If we work upon m., it will perish, 1198
triumphal, 220
we are on the m., 218
our God is m. on, 220
is narrow, 1902
America is a free m. for people who have something to say, 169
get itself accepted in the competition of the m., 1835
limited patterns which the m. offers, 258
I want a good m., 74
triumph of hope over experience, 1167
young man not yet, 1163
famous men and the women they m. when they were young, 1971
elderly man [should] not [m.] at all, 1163
every woman should m., and no man, 1164
men m. because they are tired, 1169
when a man should m., 1163
women [m.] because they are curious, 1169
virtues must be the enduring cement, 526
opportunities for m., 1579
spirit should be ready to devote itself to m., 676
I am not a M., 242
affair of m. and mystification, 1943
spirit of national m. prevails, 1876
Peace itself is War in M., 1960
bonds of m. misery, 623
great m. of the people, 1620
of us, who take their virtues and tastes … from the limited patterns which the market offers, 258
hopes and fears of m. in ferment, 1618
huddled m. yearning to breathe free, 1770
See also People
is urgent, 2022
troublesome servant and a fearful m., 754
cannot afford to be m. rich and spiritually poor, 1632
cannot survive m. unless it be redeemed spiritually, 230
critical period in m. is breakfast-time, 1166
Does it really m. what these affectionate people do, 895
does not appear to me now as it … appeared to me then, 1263
Give me m., and I will construct a world of it, 2033
Not he is great who can alter m., 818
of life or death, 1937
of living or existing, 1937
War is much too serious a m. to be entrusted to the military, 1954
extremely delicate m., 40
Act only according to that m., 1010
the explanation, 95
of continuity, 1837
the road rise to meet you, 1478
Launch our M., 1838
absurdly sacrificing the end to the m., 1009
End is more than worth all the M. 392
end justifies the m., 707
finding a balance between m. and ends that is the heart of foreign policy, 631
a good End cannot sanctifie evil M., 564
improved m. to an unimproved end, 1540
it [government] is a m. only, 787
struggle with limited m. to achieve these unlimited ends, 631
to be freely adapted, 787
valued liberty both as an end and as a m., 1049
said what I m. and m. what I said, 513
exactly the sympathies of its people, 363
’Tis after death that we m. men, 366
which I believe to be wrong, 1638
sciences could avert [the most terrible sufferings], 1609
for young physicians—we ought to throw in no m. at all, 1038
man, 1403
political talents 1401
abilities so much below m. so well rewarded, 1172
of success, 2084
water of m., 874
Religion and virtue alike lend their sanctions to m., 253
any hardship, 1066
them well or ill, 827
things should be committed to writing, 1173
erect no vain m., 376
land without m., 857
applaud the accuracy of his m., 1175
Education isn’t how much you have committed to m., 486
I leave m., 192
indebted to his m. for his jests, 1175
no one shall seek to honour my m., 376
On the mountains of m., 375
slippery m. which seldom yields a certain reckoning, 1173
spilled from the too-full m., 2000
we can make this thing into a Party, instead of a M., 430
all m. walk on higher ground in that lifetime, 814
are m. before they are lawyers, or physicians, 1150
carry on their affairs by imitating, 825
fate that falls on m., 1
good m., not shining, but honest and reasonably well informed, 279
great challenges that ordinary m. like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet, 819
honorable m., 185
make them capable and sensible m., 1150
marry because they are tired, 1169
of some property, 1629
radicals are the m. past middle life, 2100
small m., 1760
thank God that such m. lived, 1730
There aren’t any great m., 819
time for all good m. to come to the aid of the party, 1388
[who] have gained prominence not though luck or by mere accident, 281
who have led the House, 281
who have neither the right nor the knowledge nor the virtue, 747
who lift the age they inhabit, 814
whose names have become a splendid tradition, 281
See also Young
greatest m. to our civilization, 224
man’s property,… is surely that which is the result of his m. activity, 1197
Men are men before they are … m., 1150
has a human heart, 1464
justice without m. if I fail to show m. 1490
love m., 947
ready appreciation of m. and character, 281
There’s the King’s M., 950
a very well paid m. boy doing your errands, 298
who brings bad news, 1243
sleeping in the mountainside, 1542
of the melting pot, 49
superb m., every atom … in magnificent glow, 1118
electrical energy too cheap to m., 1256
goes far to prevent Trouble, 146
age, 2016
excellent, 536
sit in the seats of the m., 699