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Acquisition Quotes by Joseph Conrad
- The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not…
- The artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring.
More Acquisition Quotes
- To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen… — Jane Austen
- It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one,… — John Cage
- The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive the most… — J. G. Holland
- All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race has long… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting. — Robert Bunsen
- The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances - all kinds… — Peter Drucker
- The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow… — J. William Fulbright
- Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man's life,… — Bahá'u'lláh
- The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem,… — William James
- If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of… — William James
- Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about… — Lev S. Vygotsky