My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!
It is only proper that our employees share in the savings generated by tax reform and that we openly acknowledge the resulting improvement in the U.S. business environment by investing in our industrial footprint accordingly.
A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.
Although advertised as 'invite only', it has been reported by Forbes Council members and invitees that this 'invite' came with a membership fee.
Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem.
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.
I've only been to these foreign countries: Canada, L.A. and Miami.
I can go to foreign countries, but following the advice of the doctors to stay away from dust, I am unable to visit Vidisha, as mostly it comprises of rural areas only.
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined.
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
