Advantages Quotes

434 Advantages quotes by 355 unique authors

Indeed one of the ultimate advantages of an education is simply coming to the end of it. — B.F. Skinner
Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all… — George Eliot
A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle; ...they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages over… — Mark Twain
We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our… — Thomas Carlyle
Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other… — Peg Bracken
...America didn't have to fight scarcity and we all felt guilty before people who still had to struggle for bread and freedom in the old… — Saul Bellow
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'. — Plutarch
The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages… — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune
The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment. — John Cheever
On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be… — Nelson A. Miles
To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into… — Nelson A. Miles
Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured. — Thomas E. Mann
Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of my parents, something… — Jack Paar
Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages. — Bob Packwood
Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs.… — Garth Stein
The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India… — Manmohan Singh
Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to… — Lawrence Wright
When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already… — Criss Jami
I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show… — Derek Bok
A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as some evidence suggests,… — Paul Davies
The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated. — Leland Stanford
If one looks at all closely at the middle of our own century, the events that occupy us, our customs, our achievements and even our… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert
I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or… — John Malkovich

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