Applied Quotes

590 quotes by 514 authors

George Bush isn't Hitler. He could be if he applied himself. — Margaret Cho
the size of a misfortune is not determinable by an outsiderâ€™s measurement of it but only by the measurements applied to it by the person… — Mark Twain
...we took the 10 machines we agreed were the most beguiling, and we put them on permanent exhibit in the foyer of this library underneath… — Kurt Vonnegut
At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as… — Adeline Yen Mah
Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is… — Andy Andrews
Knowledge isnâ€™t power until it is applied. — Dale Carnegie
The idea that the State is capable of solving social problems is now viewed with great scepticism â€“ which foretells a coming change. As soon… — Stefan Molyneux
I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and… — Abraham Lincoln
Learning to listen, letting people finish their sentences, and most of all, the habit of noticing the difference between what people say and how they… — Amy Bloom
Once you fall, Septimus repeated to himself, human nature is on you. Holmes and Bradshaw are on you. They scour the desert. They fly screaming… — Virginia Woolf
God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too… — Francis Bacon
It was all so very businesslike that one watched it fascinated. It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics. And yet somehow the most… — Upton Sinclair
Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her face pale and interesting. It combined with the lavishly applied mascara to give the guard… — Terry Pratchett
To ride a bicycle is in itself some protection against superstitious fears, since the bicycle is the product of pure reason applied to motion. Geometry… — Angela Carter
Itâ€™s the spirit here that counts. The time may be long, the vehicle may be strange or unexpected. But if the dream is held close… — Robert Fulghum
The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left. The knowledge that… — Roberto Bolano
Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining… — Randy Pausch
Yet Irina had once tucked away, she wasn't sure when or why, that happiness is almost definitionally a condition of which you are not aware… — Lionel Shriver
we would understand much more about lifeâ€™s complexities if we applied ourselves to an assiduous study of its contradictions, instead of wasting time on identities… — Jose Saramago

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