Acquiring Quotes

210 quotes by 175 authors

I think there is a serious corruption in the idea sold through advertising that you can attain spiritual peace through lifestyle and the notion of… — Edward Norton
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new… — Peter McWilliams
Acquiring literacy is an empowering process, enabling millions to enjoy access to knowledge and information which broadens horizons, increases opportunities and creates alternatives for building… — Kofi Annan
If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others. — Confucius
In accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing… — Henry David Thoreau
One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different… — Robert Harris
Every scientist would like to be able to move through research faster, to spend less time and money acquiring material or disseminating it. — John Wilbanks
In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of… — Saint Ignatius
The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies… — Gordon W. Allport
By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have… — Kelly Wearstler
Since acquiring major interests in Dole Food Company 28 years ago, educating the public on proper diet has constituted the agenda of the Dole Nutrition… — David H. Murdock
Everybody starts with creating or acquiring certain property in order to create the material to work with. When we started our business, we thought first… — Vladimir Potanin
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not… — Walter Benjamin
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by… — William Falconer
Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or… — Richard Helms
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. — James Madison
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring… — Alexis Carrel
The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant. — Stephen Cohen
The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures of languages, the… — Daniel Tammet
It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws — Bertrand Russell

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