Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

If in the last few years you have not discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. — Gelett Burgess
I know a good many men of great learning-that is, men born with an extraordinary eagerness and capacity to acquire knowledge. One and all, they… — H. L. Mencken
I really see no harm which can come of giving our children a little knowledge of physiology. ... The instruction must be real, based upon… — Thomas Huxley
I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy… — Marianne Williamson
The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. — Esther Williams
Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift. — Chris Evert
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our… — Seneca the Younger
My mother, may her soul rest in peace, shaped my personality; thanks to her, I have acquired many values, good traits and skills. — Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
I grew up in South Africa without a television; there was no television, and the year after I left, television arrived in South Africa, so… — Unknown Author
Hospital-acquired infections are now killing more people every year in the United States than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined - about… — Janine Benyus
Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be… — Ezra Taft Benson
Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. — Zig Ziglar
The experience of opposing mass movements was acquired by the KGB during perestroika. It was then that the politicians decided to develop and nourish mass… — Vladimir Bukovsky
Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom. — A. R. Rahman
I think the inhabitants of the past are fighting hard to keep the rents they acquired in the 20th century. — Michael Bennet
The laws of business physics have been broken in terms of how many customers you can acquire and how fast. No one in history has… — Ben Horowitz
At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary… — Margaret Geller
For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough.… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If the Age of Sport has been all champagne and roses hitherto, then expect our love affair with its newly-acquired prominence to become increasingly tainted… — Martin Jacques
The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when… — Martin Jacques

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