Account Quotes
1306 quotes by 1030 authors
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will…
— Isaac Asimov
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
— Teresa of Avila
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who…
— Douglas Adams
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
— Douglas Adams
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you…
— Saint Basil
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
— Max Beerbohm
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we…
— Saul Bellow
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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own;…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert…
— Benazir Bhutto
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.
— Ambrose Bierce
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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons…
— Harry A. Blackmun
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There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.
— Michael Bloomberg
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what…
— Leo Burnett
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No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin…
— Archibald Alexander
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Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.
— Thomas Carlyle
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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book…
— Graydon Carter
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Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset…
— Chris Christie
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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
— William Cobbett
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