Acquisition Quotes

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Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge. — Albert Einstein
The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize. In fact, the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had… — John Stuart Mill
The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance-almost is the revelation of ignorance. — Wendell Berry
A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart. — Horace Mann
I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or… — Edward Zwick
English orthography satisfies all the requirements of the canons of reputability under the law of conspicuous waste. It is archaic, cumbrous, and ineffective; its acquisition… — Thorstein Veblen
Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless exuberance of spring:… — Rabindranath Tagore
It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy. — David Riesman
The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted… — Charles Bass
I give culture this meaning: exercise of thought, acquisition of general ideas, habit of connecting causes and effects ... I believe that it means thinking… — Antonio Gramsci
Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions… — Vinod Khosla
Industrialisation is necessary. But acquisition is by no means the only avenue through which it can be achieved. The Cochin Airport is a prime example… — Jairam Ramesh
Every generation enjoys the use of a vast hoard bequeathed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions, to future ages. — Thomas B. Macaulay
That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is preached incessantly by… — Robert Neelly Bellah
In order to have middle-income, middle-paying jobs, the kinds of jobs that allow people to get ahead, you have to have higher level of training… — Marco Rubio
It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills,… — Eric Hoffer
The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what… — William James

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