Institutions Quotes · Page 34

To think of education as a means of preserving institutions however excellent, is to have a superficial notion of its end and…

— John Lancaster Spalding

The Earth itself is stepping in to aid in the agenda of cultural transformation. There are too many doorways in nature that…

— Terence McKenna

Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.

— C. Northcote Parkinson

[In the event of war, Americans would] resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil…

— Alexander Hamilton

Freemasonry is an ancient and respectable institution, embracing individuals of every nation, of every religion, and of every condition in life. Wealth,…

— Anonymous

I hated tobacco. I could have almost lent my support to any institution that had for its object the putting of tobacco…

— Thomas Huxley

Preventing conflict means going back to basics - strengthening institutions and building resilient societies.

— Antonio Guterres

There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a…

— Paul Collier

When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of…

— William Bennett

I knew I was becoming popular in Argentina. I was starting to feel that some companies in Argentina were wanting to associate…

— Manu Ginobili

Atheism can never be an institution ... it can never be more than a destitution.

— Robert Collyer

Imbued with the desire to secure for the German people the great religious, moral, and cultural values rooted in the two Christian…

— Adolf Hitler

I'm not going to name anybody, but I think there are about five to 10 global institutions that will emerge as our…

— Jamie Dimon

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies; rather, it is a…

— William Irwin Thompson

Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his…

— George Berkeley

The trust institutions have in the marketplace, the confidence customers and suppliers and workers and employees have, are very important to a…

— Janet Yellen

There have been two lines of progress in this world-political and religious. In the former the Greeks are everything, the modern political…

— Swami Vivekananda

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety…

— Jonathan Mayhew

If the Koran is the soul of Islam, then perhaps the institution of the Muslim family might be described as its body.

— Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

There's a nice clear difference between real protection (wash your hands, or wear a condom) and the fake protection offered by institutions…

— Laura Mullen

You [as a president] have to have a strong team around you. You have to have respect for institutions and the process…

— Barack Obama

Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

— Henry Mintzberg

People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.

— Malcolm Gladwell

We want to build the most entrepreneurial postsecondary system in North America. That's why we're pleased that academic institutions, like Algonquin College,…

— Bob Chiarelli

We're getting to the point where we're impinging on democratic institutions in this country and I think, you know, it takes a…

— William Weld