Gainsaid Quotes

#1. Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.

William Hazlitt

#2. Does a man speak foolishly?
suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?
stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid. Does he speak truly?
rejoice in the truth.

Oliver Cromwell

#3. The earl shook his head, exhibiting a degree of frosty offense that could only be achieved by an aristocrat whose wishes had just been gainsaid. "I've never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he's just ruined," he said sourly.

Lisa Kleypas

#4. The fact that nine-tenths of all the smutty literature, artistic tripe and theatrical banalities, had to be charged to the account of people who formed scarcely one per cent. of the nation - that fact could not be gainsaid. It was there, and had to be admitted.

Adolf Hitler

#5. I'm six feet tall. No one realizes that because on 'The Daily Show' I'm usually sitting.

Jessica Williams

#6. When we are filled with the Spirit of God, obeying God, in His will and quoting Scripture, Satan will be defeated.

Billy Graham

#7. Jesus is Lord of the ages and is always with his own, even when things are difficult, and will abide with us; that is our comfort. If tribulation and anxiety come upon us, Jesus is with us and leads us over into God's eternal kingdom.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#8. The United States wore empire on its brow

Herman Melville

#9. The balance between literature and philosophy in Schopenhauer and Nietzsche is different from that struck in the novella, but, as Mann clearly pointed out in his writings about both thinkers, both modes are present.

Philip Kitcher

#10. Both of my grandfathers had voices like bullfrogs battling in a swamp pond.

Robert McCammon

#11. The best, most lasting changes are those which come about gradually; to reach great heights, a tree must first put down extensive roots.

Aprilynne Pike

#12. Neither past nor future generations can serve God's purpose in this generation. Only we can.

Rick Warren

#13. You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is.

Noel Gallagher

#14. The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.

Aaron Paul

#15. Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit that entrusts itself to Him in well-doing as to a faithful Creator.

William Ellery Channing

#16. No, I'm sure that there's a lot of L.A. bands out there.

Josh Silver

#17. So many times you will see people wringing their hands and saying 'I want to know what my mission in life is,' all the while they are cutting people off on the highway, refusing to give time to people, punishing their mate for having hurt their feelings or lying about what they did.

Richard N. Bolles

#18. I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

Roger Federer

#19. I'd like to extend a special thank you to my favorite sins: fairy tales and chick flicks.

Stephanie Fowers