Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
The individual disposition is already a factor in childhood; it is innate, and not acquired in the course of a life. — Carl Jung
Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate, shame and discredit those who have acquired superior job skills… — Neal Boortz
The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in practice-the mode of… — Avicenna
An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky. — Unknown Author
Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from others, by study… — B. C. Forbes
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of self-realization, you'll know… — Brad Alan Lewis
Early in life she had discovered the important truth that nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion; and by a series of reckless escapades,… — Oscar Wilde
With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga. . . .… — Swami Vivekananda
Self-nurturance, or learning to bask in bliss, is an acquired art form. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting… — Ramana Maharshi
The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature… — Elihu Root
The beginnings of the hacker culture as we know it today can be conveniently dated to 1961, the year MIT acquired the first PDP-1. — Eric S. Raymond
A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired… — Napoleon Hill
New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds a… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books. — Alan Turing
Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience. — Paul Cezanne
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty. — Charles Sanders Peirce
Any piece of knowledge which the pupil has himself acquired- any problem which he has himself solved, becomes, by virtue of the conquest, much more… — Herbert Spencer

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