Term Quotes · Page 46

Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.

— Sun Tzu

The evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 coined the term ‘meme’ for a unit of cultural imitation.

— Matt Ridley

I actually tried to think of the story [Room] in gender-neutral terms at first and said to myself, "OK, would this work…

— Emma Donoghue

In terms intellectually, [what] shaped my life was the whole Munich thing [the Munich Agreement] that I knew about all my life,…

— Madeleine Albright

If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit…

— Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Most of the reasons for late-term abortions have to do with severe fetal deformities, but when I found out that dwarfism was…

— John H Richardson

The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns…

— Sathya Sai Baba

Is [Obama] the worst president ever? He's certainly the most destructive president we've had in terms of tearing apart this country and…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better…

— Denis Leary

If you wanted to create jobs in a way that has minimal effect on the deficit but has government action, the two…

— William J. Clinton

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst…

— William Sloane Coffin

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had…

— John M. Ford

She got to you, too, huh?" I said, sliding onto the bench seat across from him. "Actually, I called her." Luca grinned.…

— Rachel Vincent

If you can educate Muslims about their biggest enemy, and if you can solve the problem, the ideological problem, it doesn't give…

— Mosab Hassan Yousef

If someone had said to me before I started doing this that a human being is capable of running 100 miles nonstop,…

— Dean Karnazes

A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true.

— Rick Pitino

Speaking as somebody who's been in the drug scene, it's not something you can go on and on doing, you know. It's…

— John Lennon

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

— Barney Frank

What I believe in, in terms of getting our economy going again, is that we need to invest in opportunity today for…

— Ann McLane Kuster

The right to be married was hard earned by the marriage equality movement and one of its "perks" is the right to…

— Steven Petrow

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

— George Will

But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue,…

— Meg Cabot

The meaningful work and the meaningful relationships are, to me, comparable rewards. I think being on a mission to do something great…

— Ray Dalio

Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression "being points beyond itself" may be taken to denote…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Crucial to how we feel is being aware of how we are feeling in the moment. The sine qua non of that…

— Paul Ekman