Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.
Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
I love people who are openly gay in theatre, because they have license to do what they like, and there's a kind of artistic liberal tolerance thing that goes on.
While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to established policies.
Tolerance cannot afford to have anything to do with the fallacy that evil may convert itself to good.
In fishing, golf and gardening, if you don't have a healthy tolerance for your own ineptitude, then it isn't for you.
We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician.
I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.
Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.
Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.
Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.
Tolerance enlarges the circle of our acquaintances.
I like what Barcelona is doing. This city almost perfectly combines its natural advantages with cultural attractions, IT parks and first-rate educational opportunities. The same applies for Dublin, which manages to achieve a blend of complexity, tolerance and artistry and makes a point of not devoting every part of the city to the tourism industry. Sometimes creativity also means forgoing short-term profits and simply saying no.
I don't see how anybody could have a passion for nature without having an equally developed tolerance for the cold.
The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.
Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.
Tolerance is a placid contempt.
I have a real low tolerance for parasites, and you're so close to the limit that I'm already reaching for the flea powder.