Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired — Jonathan Swift
It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired… — Boris Pasternak
When I saw photographs of children murdered by the Fascist, I felt furious pity. When the supporters of Franco talked of Red atrocities, I merely… — Stephen Spender
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your… — Paramahansa Yogananda
...we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.… — Maria Montessori
It is exceptional that one should be able to acquire the understanding of a process without having previously acquired a deep familiarity with running it,… — John von Neumann
Knowledge acquired in biological research is seldom directly applicable to human beings ... The results of scientific research, obtained under these conditions, cannot be applied… — John Boyd Orr
I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18... — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired. — Romano Prodi
Having survived her 10th London winter (she got through January by assigning it "international month," and amusing Moses and his big sister, Apple, 9, with… — Gwyneth Paltrow
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to… — James M. Cain
The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we… — Gottfried Leibniz
....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I believe the powers of observation in numbers of very young children to be quite wonderful for its closeness and accuracy. Indeed, I think that… — Charles Dickens
So I can very well say without hesitation that all those who have political power, even if they use it well have acquired it by… — Jacques Ellul
There is a distinction between failing and being a failure. Few things are learned in life without failing at least once. Did you learn to… — John Templeton
In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by the historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than… — David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What if I am, in some way, only a sophisticated fire that has acquired an ability to regulate its rate of combustion and to hoard… — Loren Eiseley
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients. — Hippocrates

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