Leibniz believed in freedom, both divine and human, and he thought that contingency was a necessary condition of freedom. That is, if… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra 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
The contingency of history (both for life in general and for the cultures of Homo sapiens ) and human free will (in… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
what are you looking for? There is no Truth. There's only action, action obeying a million different impulses, ephemeral action, action subjected… — Blaise Cendrars 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
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
Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who… — Dean L. Larsen Copy Share Image
“Not having a contingency plan or never performing risk analysis and mitigation activities is like not having an insurance plan for yourself.” — Pooja Agnihotri Copy Share Image
It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford… — Alexander Hamilton 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
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
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
There is nearly always uh, a process of wanting contingency plans made in the military. — McGeorge Bundy Copy Share Image
Theology recognizes the contingency of human existence only to derive it from a necessary being, that is, to remove it. Theology makes… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty 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
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
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
The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together; the whole of the contingencies… — John Stuart Mill 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
...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
And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan. — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side… — Alexander Haig 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
