Arbitrary Quotes

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When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems… — Thomas Piketty
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws. — Alexandre Dumas
I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state, but a process. It… — C.S. Lewis
Any Congressional agreement of an arbitrary time table to bring our troops home before we have accomplished our mission is unacceptable and could potentially increase… — James T. Walsh
I wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love. — Adrian Lyne
Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and… — Robert Genn
Space in typography is like time in music. It is infinitely divisible, but a few proportional intervals can be much more useful than a limitless… — Robert Bringhurst
Will robot teachers replace human teachers? No, but they can complement them. Moreover, the could be sufficient in situations where there is no alternativeâ€“â€“to enable… — Donald A. Norman
For there have risen many who have given to the plain words of Holy Writ some arbitrary interpretation of their own, instead of its true… — Hilary of Poitiers
All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately to… — Ayn Rand
Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings… — Gary L. Francione
Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life to keep among… — Henry Van Dyke
From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in… — Charles Darwin
History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the… — Thomas B. Macaulay
A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphereThe ideas of a time are… — Wyndham Lewis
I have lived with my husband more than I have with my parents... I live beside him, and know his worries, his hopes, and his… — Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
By todayâ€™s standards King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum.… — Joseph Sobran
I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of BjÃ¶rn TÃ¼roque, the world's… — John Hodgman
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in… — Hubert H. Humphrey
There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they… — Isabel Paterson

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