New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
[Y]ou will understand the game behind the curtain too well not to perceive the old trick of turning every contingency into a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
McEwan's Atonement…truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the past…. The… — Noah Richler Copy Share Image
In all cultures, it is the task of a religion to close the field of contingency ...and to set up havens of… — Eugen Drewermann Copy Share Image
One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior. — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Contingency is a thing unto itself, not the titration of determinism by randomness. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies. — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
History is about great forces, yes, but also about contingency. — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
The war on terror, rebranded under Obama as the "Overseas Contingency Operation," has morphed into war on democracy. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan. — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor… — Harry Markowitz Copy Share Image
The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“When you walk into your memories, you are opening a door to the past; the road within has many branches, and the… — Xinran Copy Share Image
There is no Brexit contingency for me - it is just see what happens for me. I do think there is a… — Angela Scanlon Copy Share Image
One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here,… — Francisco Franco Copy Share Image
Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act. — McGeorge Bundy Copy Share Image
Feminism has exceeded its proper mission of seeking political equality for women and has ended by rejecting contingency, that is, human limitation… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
In the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
...for the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed of power. It is not that the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
The more a man is successful in getting out (or coming out) from his own individuality, of his egoist self, and to… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Contingency is rich and fascinating; it embodies an exquisite tension between the power of individuals to modify history and the intelligible limits… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A writer's work has to take account of many rhythms: Vulcan's and Mercury's, a message of urgency obtained by dint of patient… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
When it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table. ... That includes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of… — Edward Grey Copy Share Image
Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
It seems the height of antiquated hubris to claim that the universe carried on as it did for billions of years in… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“The photograph not only stops time, Benjamin argues, but also works to project the future out of the past. The photograph is… — Shawn Michelle Smith Copy Share Image
From our limited vantage point, our lives are marked by an endless series of contingencies. We frequently find ourselves, instead of acting… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“Charles Kahn offers the following summary of how a new metaphysics takes shape in Islamic philosophy: 'My general view of the historical… — James Conant Copy Share Image
There is nearly always uh, a process of wanting contingency plans made in the military. — McGeorge Bundy Copy Share Image
To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Beauty Is the fume-track of necessity. This thought Is therapeutic. If, after several Applications, you do not find Relief, consult your family… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...she moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
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