Acquisition Quotes

229 quotes by 204 authors

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. — P.G. Wodehouse
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Now when I had mastered the language of this water, and had come to know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarly… — Mark Twain
There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of the belief in… — Caroline Knapp
The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing… — Leonardo da Vinci
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends. — Epicurus
SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Nell was not one for friends and had never hidden her distaste for most other humans, their neurotic compulsion for the acquisition of allies. — Kate Morton
It is not easy to be at peace in todayâ€™s troubled world. Necessarily peace is a personal acquisition. â€¦ It can be attained only through… — Spencer W. Kimball
We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression. — Charles Taylor
I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in… — Elizabeth Gilbert
But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest. — Leo Tolstoy
Science is often misrepresented as "the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in the laboratory." Actually, science is something broader: the acquisition… — Jared Diamond
What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no… — Naomi Wolf
The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition of knowledge, even… — Bertrand Russell
The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work,… — Dorothy L. Sayers
No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis?… — Suzanne Collins
Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary. — Margaret Edson

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