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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
A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages,… — J. G. Ballard
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
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. — Douglas Adams
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
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. — Joseph Addison
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. — Max Beerbohm
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
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
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
No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of… — Joe Biden
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. — Ambrose Bierce
Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. — Ambrose Bierce
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
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. — William Blake
There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions. — Michael Bloomberg
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
Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science. — Bertolt Brecht
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash… — James Buchan

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