Accumulation Quotes

240 quotes by 194 authors

There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of the belief in… — Caroline Knapp
I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts. — Albert Einstein
Old men tend to forget what thought was like in their youth; they forget the quickness of the mental jump, the daring of the youthful… — Isaac Asimov
A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. — Haruki Murakami
America is the original version of modernity. We are the dubbed or subtitled version. America ducks the question of origins; it cultivates no origin or… — Jean Baudrillard
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we… — Maya Angelou
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand… — Nelson Mandela
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or… — James Madison
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost… — Chris Abani
Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things - new experiences, new emotions - and… — John Banville
Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the… — Thomas Pynchon
Louise, I would gladly fire the past for you, go and not look back. I have been reckless before, never counting the cost, oblivious to… — Jeanette Winterson
He was bookish, she was not; he was theoretical, she political. She called a rose a rose. He called it an accumulation of cultural and… — Zadie Smith
Life should begin with age and it's privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and it's capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages. — Mark Twain
What we needed were not words and promises but a steady accumulation of small realities. — Haruki Murakami
In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you expose… — Mary Roach
In the morning you were never violently sorry-- you made no resolutions, but if you had overdone it and your heart was slightly out of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding — Donna Jo Napoli
This is my life, I think. I am an accumulation of objects. — David Levithan

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