Principles Quotes · Page 61

There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.

— Benjamin Graham

The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose.

— Rudolf Arnheim

[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable…

— Aristotle

A great relationship is based on two main principles. First, appreciate your similarities and second, respect your differences.

— Nishan Panwar

No one will presumably ever be able to prove or disprove such fundamental religious principles as the existence of God.

— Stephen Kinzer

To understand how people organize social systems, we have to discover the principles that we create to make some societies intelligible.

— Noam Chomsky

No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the…

— Jeff Cooper

Economists get impatient with philosophy. They are often trained as skilled mathematicians. They don't like going back to ordinary language and first…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

I started out in a kid’s backyard playing touch football and I never abandoned the principle when I got to the pros:…

— Mercury Morris

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high…

— Jimmy Carter

The body is some kind of image of you, it's kind of something that's just attached to your soul, some kind of…

— Peter Adamson

Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well as fixed principles. It is an attentive inquiry into their…

— Joshua Reynolds

There are two principles for creative success - one general and one definitive. The general principle is that everyone has the ability…

— Ernie J Zelinski

Establish that a Government may decline a provision for its debts, though able to make it, and you overthrow all public morality,…

— Alexander Hamilton

As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's…

— Haruki Murakami

I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. It's wrong to say "everybody," but…

— James Salter

We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first…

— B. C. Forbes

Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that…

— Camille Paglia

There was a conservative consensus for an amendment I put forward called Trust, But Verify that would have strengthened border security on…

— Rand Paul

Science, unguided by a higher abstract principle, freely hands over its secrets to a vastly developed and commercially inspired technology, and the…

— Johan Huizinga

She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright…

— Catherynne M. Valente

The principle of Creative Limitations calls for freedom within a circle of obstacles and restricted boundaries. Talent is like a muscle: without…

— Robert McKee

The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as…

— David Bowie

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

— Edmund Burke

The biggest reason that positive endings don't happen is because employees are trained on policies and rules rather than principles.

— Jeffrey Gitomer

You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment.

— Koichi Tohei

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common…

— Samuel Adams

The great need to grasp principles had caused me to spend most of my time on fruitless persuits.

— Albert Einstein

Bayern is a club that considers discipline very important; the staff at FC Bayern are very professional - and I can identify…

— Joao Cancelo

Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance.

— Jose Angel Gurria

“You can only derive pleasure from work when it is in the sphere of your calling”

— Sunday Adelaja

It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in…

— Louisa May Alcott

Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

— Luis Fortuno

Do you think that it is possible to have a mere taste of commonness? Either one hates it or makes common cause…

— Franz Grillparzer

The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them.

— Robert Breault

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the policy of the Communist party

— Nikita Khrushchev

“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough