Apt Quotes

410 quotes by 323 authors

Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least, get across the… — Martin Gardner
I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt… — Plato
Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When menâ€™s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they are… — Thomas Sprat
Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down… — Harvey Cushing
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of… — Malcolm De Chazal
Someone called actors 'sculptors in snow.' Very apt. In the end, it's all nothing. — Vincent Price
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
These arguments on each side (and many more might be produced) are so plausible, that I am apt to suspect, they may, the one as… — David Hume
A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become more apt as… — Jedediah Purdy
If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air. — Larry Constantine
It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. This statement is almost a tautology. For the energy of operation… — Alfred North Whitehead
Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction… — B. C. Forbes
The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there is always a… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.… — Mary Schmich
The fellow who isn't fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired. — B. C. Forbes
Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have… — Henry Knox
To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time… — Florenz Ziegfeld
Delivers in such apt and gracious words that aged ears play truant at his tales; And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble… — William Shakespeare
He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough. — John Powell
The lower your self-esteem, the more apt you are to believe that someone else holds the key to your happiness. — Helen Hemphill

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