Abrupt Quotes

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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. — Ambrose Bierce
Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I… — Albert Einstein
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed… — Peter Drucker
My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books. — Albert Einstein
Hence the Bible has no record of his years of preparation; the record is very abrupt. Something about his childhood is said, very fragmentary. And… — Rajneesh
We may observe in some of the abrupt grounds we meet with, sections of great masses of strata, where it is as easy to read… — Jean-Andre Deluc
He has fantastic powers. He can be imperious, abrupt, impatient with sloppy procedures, but he is also poetic, visionary, romantic. He is possessed by two… — Warren Winiarski
Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had… — Lewis H. Lapham
What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earthâ€¦. The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spotsâ€¦. When I watched… — Yuri Gagarin
Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation with a smile… — Neal A. Maxwell
Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area… — Graham Swift
The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the Tone Scale from the social order would result in an almost… — L. Ron Hubbard
When people have been traumatized, they are stuck in paralysis-the immobility reaction or abrupt explosions of rage. — Peter A. Levine
Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In fact the two… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nature, like a true poet, abhors abrupt transitions. — Heinrich Heine
Britain, the first industrial nation, had offered the world a remarkable public experiment in liberal, capitalist democracy whose success was premised upon free trade and… — Kenneth O. Morgan
and how we are all preparing for that abrupt waking, and that calling, and that moment we have to say yes, except it will not… — David Whyte
The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it was like I was a donut, and somebody had sucked all the jelly… — Brandon Sanderson
He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or… — Dean Koontz
For Death must be somewhere in a society; if it is no longer (or less intensely) in religion, it must be elsewhere; perhaps in this… — Roland Barthes

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