Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war… — Ludwig Quidde Copy Share Image
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
Tweeting is something you can do wherever you are, on your phone, on the computer, in an airport lounge. It's easy to… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I held a blue flower in my hand, probably a wild aster, wondering what its name was, and then thought that human… — Sally Carrighar Copy Share Image
“The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What is charm then? The free giving of a grace, the spending of something given by nature in her role of spendthrift… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church,… — Origen Copy Share Image
Junk, redundancy, and inefficiency characterize astrophysical signals. It seems they characterize cells and sea lions, too. These biological constructions have lots of… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the… — Horace Copy Share Image
Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from… — Horace Copy Share Image
But what, after all, is faith? It is a state of mind that leads people to believe something - it doesn't matter… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that's enough. — Yasmina Reza Copy Share Image
All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Mirth is a Proteus, changing its shape and manner with the thousand diversities of individual character, from the most superfluous gayety to… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
