#rare

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#extended #money #none #purchase #rarely

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#find #found #grow #life #older

Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#awfully #eat #favorite #gonna #good

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. ↗

— Josh Billings

#does #ever #man #rarest #things

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#alcoholism #animal #child #divine #drinking

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana. ↗

— Charles Durning

#banana #because #better #blame #carry

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#presidential #problems #rarely #terminal #unlike

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#capable #careers #comes #courage #did

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. ↗

— Brian Eno

#anything #good #popular #populist #rarely

I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones. ↗

— Brian Eno

#i #like #listen #much #music