Deliberate

Famous quotes containing the word deliberate:

    One would think, that a deliberate and practical denial of its authority was the only offence never contemplated by government; else, why has it not assigned its definite, its suitable and proportionate, penalty?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    O, these deliberate fools, when they do choose,
    They have the wisdom by their wit to lose.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    I never meant to deny the moral impact of art which is certainly inherent in every genuine work of art. What I do deny and am prepared to fight to the last drop of my ink is the deliberate moralizing which to me kills every vestige of art in a work however skillfully written.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)