Acquired Quotes

524 quotes by 422 authors

Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me… — Osama bin Laden
I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your… — Charles Lamb
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth… — Howard W. Hunter
Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a few days (sometimes… — Unknown Author
We have come to look at our planet as a resource for our species, which is funny when you think that the planet has been… — Marston Bates
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. — Plato
Truths cannot be acquired from words out of other people's mouths. Before Truths can be internalized, they must come from one's own realizations and practices.… — Gautama Buddha
The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you… — Gautama Buddha
Some women have 'always' been lesbians. Others, like myself, have 'become' one. As much a sociocultural construction as it is an effect of early childhood… — Teresa de Lauretis
An acquired taste, this dense Jabberwocky-ish word salad is a political allegory about a populace that's been pharmaceutically duped into believing its wretched world is… — Manohla Dargis
Let each citizen contribute their natural talents or acquired skills to the greater benefit of all in the community. — Unknown Author
Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods. — Empedocles
America is full of businesses bearing old Christian names, but which are really owned and run by Jews. Most of them have been acquired in… — Samuel Roth
In less than a year Revolution has gone from being a concept to a reality, with three rapidly growing sector companies, overseeing a dozen acquired… — Steve Case
I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history,… — Joseph Rotblat
Reality is an acquired taste. — Robert Fritz
Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as… — Robert Green Ingersoll
In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate… — Socrates
The depression was the calculated 'shearing' of the public by the World Money powers, triggered by the planned sudden shortage of supply of call money… — Curtis Bean Dall

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