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I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

- Julia Louis-Dreyfus

I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.

- Jane Austen

If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it. I don`t profess to know a lot but I think that`s the way to do it.

- Randy Bennett

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

- Douglas Hurd

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

- Douglas Hurd

That is why we profess a spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art.

- Mark Rothko

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

- Aaron Salkin

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

- Adam Carriker

They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less.

- Amanda Lenhart

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

- Andrew Buckle

From our point of view, however, any interpretation of Genesis which accommodates the standard system of evolutionary geological ages is a clear-cut compromise with atheistic evolution, and it is very sad that Christians who profess to believe the Bible as the Word of God will not acknowledge this.

- Ariana Speyer

I tried to come in with an open mind. I thought it was only right to listen to all the proposals and make a decision that was best for my state and my Federation. But right away these (BASS) people were belligerent and confrontational. They profess to be working for the future, but there isn`t any trust. I don`t see how we can go forward from here.

- Aubrey Eben

It`s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

- Francis Bacon, Sr.