Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

Even the best Christian that ever lived is not acting on his own steam--he is only nourishing or protecting a life he could never have… — C.S. Lewis
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to… — Charles Caleb Colton
I haven't acquired a taste for green tea, and I don't intend to. I like my coffee black with a little sugar, and it keeps… — Arjun Rampal
In capitalist society spare time is acquired for one class by converting the whole life-time of the masses into labour-time. — Karl Marx
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. — Erich Fromm
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those… — Denis Diderot
My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am… — Beth Ditto
Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it. — Eknath Easwaran
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. — Albert Einstein
Identical twins are ideal lab specimens for studying the difference between learned and inherited traits since they come from the womb preloaded with matching genetic… — Jeffrey Kluger
The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right. — James Madison
No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the… — Bernard de Mandeville
Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings… — Karl Marx
True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for… — Robert Mugabe
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. — Thomas Paine
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. — Plautus
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. — Pliny the Elder
I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give… — Wilma Rudolph
False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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