Briefly Quotes

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To define twentieth-century humanism briefly, I would say that it is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity in this… — Corliss Lamont
There are some plain common-sense considerations applicable to all these attempts at world planning. They can be briefly stated: 1. To talk of blueprints for… — Norman Thomas
No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat,… — Lefty Gomez
Briefly, the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial… — Murray Rothbard
You are this universe experiencing itself, very briefly, as a human. — Eckhart Tolle
Here is one optimists reason for believing unity will prevail ... within the next hundred years ... nationhood as we know it will be obsolete;… — Strobe Talbott
My feelings about men are the result of my experience. I have little sympathy for them. Like a Jew just released from Dachau, I watch… — Marilyn French
Cold air rises from the ground as the sun goes down.Â The eye-burning clarity of the light intensifies. The southern rim of the sky glows… — John Austin Baker
Meteorologists have the right perspective. They ground themselves in the current conditions (todayâ€™s highs/lows). They briefly acknowledge significant events of the past (record temps). And… — Clifton Anderson
I can't resist telling you that when the Vienna Economics Institute celebrated its centennial, many years ago, they invited, as their keynote speaker, my father… — Unknown Author
Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged… — Eric Schlosser
By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords into… — Damon Knight
Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find… — Robert Breault
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it appear… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Be contemporary. Have impact. Strive for it. Be of the world. Move it. Be bold, donâ€™t hold back. Then the moment you think youâ€™ve been… — Ian Bogost
How so? Briefly, apart from the gospel and outside of Christ, the law is my enemy and condemns me. Why? Because God is my enemy… — Richard Gaffin
Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his only Son into… — Martin Luther
Every night before I go to sleep I say out loud three things that I am grateful for, all the significant, insignificant, extraordinary, ordinary stuff… — Carrie Newcomer
Past humanity is not only implicit in each new man born but is contained in him. Humanity is an ever-widening spiral and life is the… — Flann O'Brien
If I as a geologist were called upon to explain briefly our modern ideas of the origin of the earth and the development of life… — Wallace Pratt

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