Acquire Quotes · Page 7

One can acquire certainty only by amputating inquiry.

— Marvin Minsky

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

— Lawana Blackwell

Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

— Ambrose Bierce

“The harder something is to acquire, the more satisfying it is when you finally find it.”

— Wendy Mass

The art of living in a small town is one of the most difficult to acquire.

— Doris Lessing

Some people are born losers; others acquire the knack gradually.

— W. C. Fields

Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account.

— Frederic Bastiat

Offensive objects, at a proper distance, acquire even a degree of beauty.

— William Shenstone

The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from…

— Jeremy Bentham

The agreement to acquire Volcano significantly advances our strategy to become the leading systems integrator in image-guided therapies.

— Frans van Houten

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.

— John Wooden

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

— Anonymous

I had no sense of any reputation that What a Carve Up! might acquire - at the time I didnt even have…

— Jonathan Coe

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

— Andrew Gould

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

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for…

— Sigrid Undset

Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job…

— Michael Morpurgo

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

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from…

— Charles Bass

Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement…

— Maria Montessori

Fight fire with fire. If you must have bores, always put them together or at the same table ... bores have an…

— Elsa Maxwell

Whatever other children learn in a year, let Bahá’í children learn in a month. The heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá longeth, in its love,…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

I sincerely believe that we not only have the right to know what is good and what is evil; we have the…

— Alice Miller

Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to…

— Milarepa

It is also true that the less possible it becomes for a man to acquire a new fortune, the more must the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

If we set out with... a scrupulous regard to the Constitution, the government will acquire a spirit and a tone productive of…

— Alexander Hamilton

Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom…

— Adam Smith

Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it…

— Mark Twain

I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best…

— Lewis Carroll

I wished to acquire the simplicity, native feelings, and virtues of savage life; to divest myself of the factitious habits, prejudices and…

— Anonymous

We are assailed by the temptation of the love of money. If you wish to acquire riches ? they are the bait…

— Pachomius the Great

I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you…

— Vincent de Paul

In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it.

— Deepak Chopra

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

— Stendhal

To acquire love... fill yourself up with it until you become a magnet.

— Anonymous

If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.

— Pythagoras

The only intelligence investing is value investing...to acquire more than one is paying for.

— Charlie Munger

I had acquired the skills to sail a ship; I didn't acquire the knowledge.

— Tom Holland

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

— Lamar Trotti