Balances Quotes

119 quotes by 116 authors

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. — A. S. Byatt
I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and… — James Cameron
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. — Gracie Allen
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their… — Steve Allen
We are not known by our bank balances or who our parents are. It is ultimately we who have to prove ourselves. It is not… — Anita Ratnam
Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown in population, technology… — Paul MacCready
When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may… — Thomas Carlyle
There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas… — Daniel Inouye
The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on… — William Osler
Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a popular… — James F. Cooper
A warrior balances solitude and dependence. — Paulo Coelho
The thing that keeps you scrambling over the rocks, risking snakes, and swatting at the flies is the view. It is only your enjoyment of… — Robert Adams
The world looks like a multiplication-table, or a mathematical equation, which, turn it how you will, balances itself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I need a dose of the natural environment on a regular basis. It balances the bitumen and high rises of Collins Street. — Simon McKeon
We're responsible for the fortunes of the company but this is a bone-dry situation in terms of access to credit. Nobody can operate on that… — Ratan Tata
It simply works. You do it twice a year. Who cares? And it balances my smoking and drinking. — Simon Cowell
The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices… — Alexander Hamilton
You should never value people according to the size of their bank balances. Being poor does not make them bad and being rich does not… — Jackie Ballard
Anytime that is â€˜betwixt and betweenâ€™ or transitional is the faeriesâ€™ favorite time. They inhabit transitional spaces: the bottom of the garden, existing in a… — Brian Froud

Who Wrote These Balances Quotes

116 authors contributed a total of 119 Balances Quotes, led by these top contributors: