Adherence Quotes

67 quotes by 65 authors

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence. — John Shelby Spong
Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire… — James D. Watson
I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster. — E. O. Wilson
During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic schools that concentrated… — Martin Filler
What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? — Abraham Lincoln
Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates… — Sam Harris
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson
The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it. — Mark Levin
It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that… — Jane Austen
Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions. — M.M. Kaye
How much better if life were more like books, if life lied a little more, and gave up its stubborn and boring adherence to the… — Catherynne M. Valente
You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling… — Irvin D. Yalom
ClichÃ©s, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. — Hannah Arendt
When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence. — Matthew Henry
As society is now constituted, a literal adherence to the moral precepts scattered throughout the Gospels would mean sudden death. — Alfred North Whitehead
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted… — Patrick Henry
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by… — Michael Josephson
Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The government believed that adherence to authority was human nature, so the Gezi protests were a real surprise to them. After the initial moment of… — Safak Pavey
But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it… — George Haven Putnam

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