the crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
[on what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common] I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence. — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Man alone, during his brief existence on this earth, is free to examine, to know, to criticize, and to create. In this… — Ruth Nanda Anshen Copy Share Image
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Rock pools, so-named because they have been hammered out of rocks at the ocean's edge, are one of Sydney's defining characteristics, along… — Raymond Bonner Copy Share Image
The kitchen clock is more convenient than sidereal time. We must use the popular category, as we do by the Linnæan classification,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You don't characterize CEOs as dealmakers or in any one particular area. An important characteristic of a CEO is leader. That's probably… — Michael Ramsey Copy Share Image
It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other. — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
The art of investment has one characteristic that is not generally appreciated. A creditable, if unspectacular, result can be achieved by the… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Vampires as creatures have evolved over time as different vampire bloodlines have hit different populations of humans. Every once in a while… — Scott Snyder Copy Share Image
It is characteristic of the emotions of the very young infant that they are of an extreme and powerful nature. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When I was in grade school and we had to write papers about what we wanted to be when we grew up,… — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
Which are the people who have influenced us most? Not the ones who thought they did, but those who had not the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
People think they know me from my songs. But my repertoire of songs is so wide-ranging that you'd have to be a… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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