The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
To be a photographer is to become aware of visible appearances and at the same time acquire from them an education in… — Raoul Hausmann Copy Share Image
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
Forging differs from hoaxing, inasmuch as in the later the deceit is intended to last for a time, and then be discovered,… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. The industrial society ... recognises nothing except the power… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable,… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Hundreds of these companies I've seen since the beginning stages - including Dropbox and Airbnb - one of them has actually been… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom acquisition. Application of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Thanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
They [some countries] borrowed money to go acquire things, Indian power plants and Danish newspapers and British soccer teams. And they did… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The Western Idea of practice is to acquire a skill. It is very much related to your work ethic, which enjoins us… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
For the West, the enemy was not "socialism" but capitalism. How to tame and subdue the polar bear, how to take over… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality.… — Michael Harner Copy Share Image
A new species develops if a population which has become geographically isolated from its parental species acquires during this period of isolation… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
I do have a collection of mid-century, small-press science fiction and fantasy hardcovers that is my most focused and dedicated collection. Everything… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Uncontrollable consumerism has become a watchword of our culture despite regular and compelling calls for its end. The United States has more… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Those who create the wealth naturally want to keep it and devote it to their own purposes. Those who wish to expropriate… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Whatever study tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better men and citizens is at best but a specious and ingenious… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember,… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
One might say the computer is being used to program the child. In my vision, the child programs the computer, and in… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Some say the antique syndrome surfaced to offset the newness of the land, the homes, and the settlers. Some say the interest… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Never will I pray for the material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food.… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that… — Roland Emmerich Copy Share Image
![“A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes. The '[holding] the eel of science by the tail' allusion was used in 1728 by Alexander Pope (q.v.).” quote by Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e1/tobias-smollett-18143_acquire_a-mere-index-hunter-who-held-the-eel-of_2385125.jpg)
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