Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates. — Unknown Author
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way. — Unknown Author
Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The things that are acquired consciously permit us to express ourselves unconsciously with a certain richness. — Henri Matisse
Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man? ...I… — Georgia O'Keeffe
The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired.… — Ramana Maharshi
Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of… — Robert Henri
Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather… — Guy Finley
I arrived on earth in 1928. Born into a milieu of painters, I acquired my taste for painting with my mother's milk. — Yves Klein
When a painter thinks to disengage from the world outside himself and fantasies unprecedented forms he thinks he will make a painting, he finds in… — Pierre Alechinsky
We are not born focusing. It's an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading. — Robert Genn
It is my greatest joy to share with students this knowledge that I have acquired in the past 50 years of practice and study. Dharma… — Dharma Mittra
Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of… — William Osler
Science which is acquired unwillingly, soon disappears; that which is instilled into the mind in a pleasant and agreeable manner, is more lasting. — Saint Basil
In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are in part produced… — Erasmus Darwin
We have been just going like a house afire, and we couldent see any reason why we shouldent keep right on burning. Our tastes were… — Will Rogers
Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capitalism is established; in which the export of capital… — Vladimir Lenin
What . . . is this testimony of Jesus, how can it be acquired, and what will it do for those who receive it? The… — Keith B. McMullin
Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last century, the term… — John Kenneth Galbraith
It is not so easy to obtain a reputation by a perfect work as to enhance the value of an indifferent one by a reputation… — Jean de la Bruyere

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