The self-discipline of the Social Democracy is not merely the replacement of the authority of bourgeois rulers with the authority of a… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
You are more likely to acquire power by narrowing your focus and applying your energies, like the sun's rays, to a limited… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery. — Helen Keller 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
The very properties of the human mind that provide an enormous scope for human genius in some domains will serve as barriers… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Trees acquire strength by growing slowly and flexing with the pressures of nature. Us too. — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
Eddie Murphy is just so off-the-cuff and can make anything funny. You hope that someday you'll acquire that skill, but maybe you're… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise in every… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that… — Kevin Towers Copy Share Image
You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire." — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
Ban poetry. And make sure that anyone caught reading it is expelled from school. Then it will acquire the glamour. — Clive James Copy Share Image
A conditioned mind may be inventive; it may think up new ideas, new phrases, new gadgets; it may build a dam, plan… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The USDHEW calculates that 7% of all patients suffer compensable injuries while hospitalized .....One out of every five patients admitted to a… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it's almost impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
As we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the value of time. Nothing else, indeed, seems of any consequence;… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
