In any society freedom of thought will probably be of direct significance for a small minority. But this does not mean that… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
The State is competent to assign duties and draw the line between good and evil only in its immediate sphere. Beyond the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
With software products, it is usual to find that the software has major 'bugs' and does not work reliably for some users...… — David Parnas Copy Share Image
“What other words, we may almost ask, are memorable and worthy to be repeated than those which love has inspired? It is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless youre really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... so that… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
After generations of living under medical tutelage, which provides us with protection (albeit illusory) against "dangerous drugs", we have failed to cultivate… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and… — Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien Copy Share Image
Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Women tend to recall the details of an emotionally competent stimulus, using more of their left hemisphere to do the processing. Men… — John Medina Copy Share Image
You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“A good manager instills staff with self-confidence, teaches them to believe in themselves and helps them to realise their brilliance. Do not… — Miya Yamanouchi Copy Share Image
You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don't think him competent. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse. — Tom Price Copy Share Image
I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate. — Leon Jaworski Copy Share Image
Music is an extraordinary locksmith; it is so competent that it can open our soul's door even with closed eyes! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
We're all competent in different ways, we've just got to find a way to push ourselves up more. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic. — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Claude Rains is my favorite actor. He's so utterly polished and competent, no matter what he does. — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The point came when people were doing things I didn't feel competent to do myself. I'm not being modest; I honestly get… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] has confidence in Director [James] Comey. We have had a great relationship with him over the last several weeks. He's… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
Photography is the easiest medium with which to be merely competent. Almost anybody can be competent. It's the hardest medium in which… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer… — Albert Murray Copy Share Image
Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led,… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
In living in the world by his own will and skill, the stupidest peasant or tribesman is more competent than the most… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for… — Gene Kranz Copy Share Image
Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident… — Rob Paulsen Copy Share Image
Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
What the church should be telling the worker is that the first demand religion makes on him is that he should be… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
First, my people must be taught the knowledge of self. Then and only then will they be able to under-stand others and… — Elijah Muhammad Copy Share Image
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