Applied Quotes

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The lights were off so that his heads could avoid looking at each other because neither of them was currently a particular engaging sight, nor… — Douglas Adams
The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The true function of logic ... as applied to matters of experience ... is analytic rather than constructive; taken a priori, it shows the possibility… — Bertrand Russell
Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you. — Norman Vincent Peale
In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does not go hunting,… — Martha Stout
When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process. — Robert M. Pirsig
Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience,… — Richard G. Scott
...thinking as he had thought before and would think again and as every other man has thought: how false the most profound book turns out… — William Faulkner
It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material… — Wendelin Van Draanen
Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. — Thomas Mann
I find you irritating. (Kat) I havenâ€™t even begun to irritate you yet. Imagine what I could do if I applied myself? (Solin) I can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The whole point of the Eugenic pseudo-scientific theories is that they are to be applied wholesale, by some more sweeping and generalizing money power than… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Today I want to puke when I hear the word 'radical' applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in… — Christopher Hitchens
If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular way… — Paul Brunton
It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the… — Steve Almond
So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this one… — Alexandra Adornetto
Come to think of it, that word (choice) shouldn't be applied to people's destinies. Ever. Choice should be relegated to TV and meals: You could… — J R Ward

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