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Gross Quotes - Page 2

Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous.

Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous.

Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.175, Penguin

In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.448, Manonmani Publishers

The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.

"Bobby Kennedy on GDP: 'measures everything except that which is worthwhile'" by Simon Rogers, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2012.

I mean, really: He called me 33 percent lesbian, which was a gross underestimation of my lesbian-ness.

"Reese Witherspoon Says Robert Pattinson Underestimated Her 'Lesbian-Ness'" by Kara Warner, www.mtv.com. June 6, 2011.

I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.

"Barbra in One Take". Interview with Sean Mitchell, articles.latimes.com. November 07, 1996.

Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger

William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius (1857). “Werke: Histories: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV. Part 1. King Henry IV. Part 2. King Henry V.”

The subtle are the causes, the gross the effects.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Raja Yoga: Art of Living”, p.7, editionNEXT.com

I really don't like coke. It's so gross and so dark. It's like, what are you, from the '90s? Ew.

"Miley Cyrus on Why She Loves Weed, Went Wild at the VMAs and Much More" By Josh Eells, www.rollingstone.com. September 27, 2013.

I do think that there are - again, gross generalization - more women than men that can tolerate that or that are OK with that.

"'Star Wars' Editors Defy Hollywood Conventions". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 13, 2016.

Women have, in general, but ne object, which is their beauty; upon which, scarce any flattery is too gross for them to swallow.

Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.60, Oxford University Press

Oh, gross. Your stomach is full of butterfly barf!

Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.49, Hachette UK

Terry Gross has never had me on her show and you know, it's her show; she sets the agenda and that's not Hodgman. But I'll still listen to it.

"Bewildered Maine resident John Hodgman takes another crack at our 11 Questions". The A.V. Club Interview, www.avclub.com. September 3, 2015.

The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only.

Jean Baptiste Say, Clement Cornell Biddle (1851). “A treatise on political economy”, p.69

But slight mistakes accumulate, and grow to gross errors if unchecked.

Jacqueline Carey (2003). “Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel”, p.76, Macmillan