Calculated Quotes

210 quotes by 191 authors

Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing. — Michel de Montaigne
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most… — William J. Brennan
Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This… — Oliver E. Williamson
Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the… — Albert Camus
With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties. — Thomas Jefferson
We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable… — Thomas Jefferson
American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were… — Colin Ward
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt. — William Cobbett
The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law.… — Howard Zinn
I do not choose to be a common manâ€¦it is my right to be uncommonâ€”if I canâ€¦I seek opportunityâ€”not securityâ€¦I want to take the calculated… — Peter O'Toole
Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the… — William Hurt
When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move. — Michael Douglas
Honestly, I feel like I spent the last 10 years just trying to work, just get my hands on the best material I could. I'd… — Timothy Olyphant
I might act like it's an accident but the opposite is true. I'm incredibly calculated when it comes to my career — Eva Mendes
The secret to winning a woman is calculated neglect. — David Benioff
Successful investors tend to be unemotional, allowing the greed and fear of others to play into their hands. By having confidence in their own analysis… — Seth Klarman
Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront. — Edward Abbey
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sectEqual… — James Madison
A determination or an effect within a system which is no longer that of a presence but of a diffrance, a system that no longer… — Jacques Derrida
I cannot sufficiently celebrate the glorious liberty that reigns in the public libraries of the twentieth century as compared with the intolerable management of those… — Edward Bellamy

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