Hume's doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Cultural diversity and cultural change are desirable and inevitable. We are cultural animals, someone without a culture is not human. But the… — Martin Wolf Copy Share Image
I say that in narrative paintings one should mingle direct contraries close by, because they produce strong contrasts with one another, and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under… — George Boole Copy Share Image
Building software implies various stages of planning, preparation and execution that vary in kind and degree depending on what's being built. [...]… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy:… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Once one realizes that magick works, and that it works based on scientific factors, the next step is to hone one's skill… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
Fartlek, or speed play, is variable-pace running that emphasizes creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to - telephone poles,… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
God knows what is my greatest happiness, but I do not. There is no rule about what is happy and good; what… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
On resting in between reps: It varies with the length of the set. 5s or fewer get a breath to reset. Longer… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
My investigation of movement has led me to choices which vary from traditional norms. My dancers and I see the rehearsal as… — Elizabeth Streb Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The sophists were as a rule men who had traveled widely and seen different forms of government. Both conventions and local laws… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Our relationship would never vary from its allegiance to the shared values, the shared religious heritage, the shared democratic politics which have… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
People always get what they want. But there is a price for everything. Failures are either those who do not know what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the… — Dave Gorman Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Even if the constants which economists wish to determine were less numerous, and the method of experiment more accessible, we should still… — Arthur Cecil Pigou Copy Share Image
Parents vary in their sense of what would be suitable repayment for creating, sustaining, and tolerating you all those years, andwhat circumstances… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth. — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Copy Share Image
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines. — Kay WalkingStick Copy Share Image
Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common. — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
“Vary your training, your running partners, and your environment. Only your imagination limits the ways you can spice up your running routine.” — Bob Glover Copy Share Image
Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart. — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day. — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As good surgical doctor works on a patient in the theater with varied kinds of surgical instruments, so a true leader also… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Instructions are never included. They vary with the strength of your ability to see, the measure of your selective blindness, the limits… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
All organisms vary, and it's just folk knowledge. You just have to look around a room of people, and everybody knows that… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
In every generation there are voices that question the authority of Scripture. So in one sense this is merely part of the… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The theme of corporate stories (and millions drink them in every day) seldom varies: to be happy you must consume, to be… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image