Add quotes

Add

886 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

886 quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside add — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

Quote collection

Add quotes (page 5 of 45)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

David Hume Philosopher, Historian
Add

"A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full possession of all the necessities, and many of the conveniences of life. No one can doubt, but such an equality is most suitable to human nature, and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to that of the poor."

Read quote 7 likes
Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Add

"I personally do not believe in strident activism. I do not believe in moral outrage, because even moral outrage is rage, and rage is rage - it adds to more rage in the collective consciousness, if we understand how consciousness works."

Read quote 7 likes
Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Add

"The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld."

Read quote 7 likes
Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
Add

"All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience."

Read quote 7 likes
Venus Williams Tennis Player
Add

"Sometimes, you know, once you pay your taxes and once you pay your expenses, once you've lived this life, things add up quickly. And it's easy to become a statistic. And that's something I've always tried to avoid, and I've always said, hey - not that it won't be me, that, hey, it could be me."

Read quote 7 likes
Saint Francis de Sales Saint, Bishop
Add

"If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success."

Read quote 7 likes
Margaret Thatcher Politician
Add

"How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it."

Read quote 7 likes
Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
Add

"I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to say, but a great deal to add."

Read quote 7 likes
Fred Wilson Artist, Curator
Add

"I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me."

Read quote 7 likes
Elizabeth Warren Politician, Lawyer
Add

"Getting straight with your money is as complicated as a trip to the grocery store: You need a comparison shop, add and subtract, stick with a plan, and ask questions- nothing more."

Read quote 6 likes
Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Add

"We are ripples of consciousness of the vast ocean of consciousness. If we get agitated and become part of the reactionary and vitriolic behavior sometimes around us, we will only add to the disturbance."

Read quote 6 likes
Add

"It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on 'Top Chef."

Read quote 6 likes
Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist
Add

"I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off."

Read quote 6 likes