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Simplicity design axiom: The complexity of the information appliance is that of the task, not the tool. The technology is invisible. — Donald A. Norman
It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too… — Thomas Jefferson
Be willing to dream, and imagine yourself becoming all that you wish to be. Keep in mind the basic axiom -- all that now exists… — Wayne Dyer
At first it seems obvious, but the more you think about it the stranger the deductions from this axiom seem to become; in the end… — Bertrand Russell
It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against… — Alexander Hamilton
Money does not pay for anything, never has, never will. It is an economic axiom as old as the hills that goods and services can… — Albert J. Nock
But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature of… — Baruch Spinoza
The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much… — Moses Mendelssohn
Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot… — Mary-Louise Parker
My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example. — Mark Twain
Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and,… — Tom Peters
School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming… — Ivan Illich
Axiom : Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise. — E. M. Forster
What I affirm is the intuition that where God's presence is no longer a tenable supposition and where His absence is no longer a felt,… — George Steiner
Talk can neither be verified nor falsified in any rigorous sense. This is an open secret which hermeneutics and aesthetics, from Aristotle to Croce, have… — George Steiner
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the… — Gustave Flaubert
You want at least 5% of the population being serious. That five, 6% of the population carries the rest of the people. You've heard that… — Rush Limbaugh
Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence. — John Searle
It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions… — Sam Savage
In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis; no, it entered… — Carol Shields
Axiom: you are a sea. Your eye- lids curve over chaos My hands where they touch you, create small inhabited islands soon you will be… — Margaret Atwood
Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily… — Anthony Kiedis
↑ top up position down The fact that I suspect I'm an asshole means I probably am not, because a real asshole doesn't think he's… — Jonathan Tropper

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