Degrees Quotes · Page 106

A certain degree of preparation for war . . . affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

— James Madison

I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree to polish up the craft. I've been…

— David Knopfler

The great thing about media now is that you have 360 degrees worth of opinions and can find whatever you want and…

— Michael Wilbon

My father was a Social Gospel, far-left liberal, and to some degree a mystic. But we did not have Bible readings; we…

— Frank Moore Cross

We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They…

— Joaquin Phoenix

In life most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. Bad improvisers block action often with a high degree of skill.…

— Keith Johnstone

To the degree I was too brash, Too self-confident or too pushy, I apologize.

— Newt Gingrich

I got into psychology simply because that's what my sister did, and I grew up in a family that was very like,…

— Lilly Singh

The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and…

— Mireille Guiliano

Herbalife: the customers are fictitious, the business opportunity is a scam, the university degree is a fraud.

— Bill Ackman

All disgrace smells alike. Differences in ruin are only matters of degree.

— Rebecca West

I think in the old days, the nexus of weirdness ran through Southern California, and to a degree New York City. I…

— Carl Hiaasen

The magician to some degree is trying to drive him or herself mad in a controlled setting, within controlled laws.

— Alan Moore

You are positive, creative and happy to the degree to which you eliminate negative emotions from your life.

— Brian Tracy

I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps. My mom then got Pell Grants,…

— Adam McKay

I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in…

— Jacki Weaver

The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society…

— Wayne Pacelle

Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the…

— Earl Nightingale

I'd rather be around broken people who have a degree of humility, and just get on with their work.

— Moby

The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to…

— George Washington

Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So…

— Paul Allen

The purpose of life is joy! When you're in joy, you attract the highest and best in every area of your life.…

— Rhonda Byrne

I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why…

— J. K. Rowling

[The loss-of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

It really is a very odd business that all of us, to varying degrees, have music in our heads.

— Oliver Sacks