Barriers Quotes
630 Barriers quotes by 512 unique authors
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The tolerance within the body of Islam was, and is, something without parallel in history; class and race and color ceasing altogether to be barriers.
— Marmaduke Pickthall
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The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from a Tarot pack,…
— Kevin Hart
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One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving.
— David Perkins
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...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what she…
— William Crookes
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Everything which bars freedom and fullness of communication sets up barriers that divide human beings into sets and cliques, into antagonistic sects and factions, and…
— John Dewey
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Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is to have the…
— Paul Krugman
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For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers are dying, bush fires are more ferocious and more frequent and our natural…
— Kevin Rudd
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The idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected harbor, but to make people…
— John O'Donohue
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The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example....Our strategy of evangelization must be based upon sanctity, upon our enthusiastic response to Christ's universal call…
— John Foley
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Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which…
— James Madison
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It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to the west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism…
— Will Durant
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It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants in the Constitution…
— James Madison
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The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a…
— Alexander Hamilton
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If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I have been continuously surprised by people who come to me and say they are afraid of love. What is the fear of love? It…
— Rajneesh
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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to…
— Edward de Bono
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Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it…
— Laurie Helgoe
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are…
— Oscar Peterson
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The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.
— John F. Kennedy
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On this important anniversary, we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers, critical work remains to ensure all Americans…
— Jim Ramstad
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When I meet a woman whose energy falters at the first barrier,she seems to fade beside my mother.
— Andrew Sean Greer
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To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But…
— Van Jones
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Halle Berry is here, whose win last year broke down barriers for unbelievably hot women.
— Steve Martin
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First thing that always pops into my head regarding our president is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him…
— Morgan Freeman
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I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know…
— Scott Bakula
Who Wrote These Barriers Quotes
512 authors contributed a total of 630 Barriers Quotes, led by these top contributors: