Characteristic Quotes

466 quotes by 393 authors

Just as characteristic, perhaps, is the intellectual interdependence created through the development of the modern media of communication: post, telegraph, telephone, and popular press. — Christian Lous Lange
Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism means… — August Spies
The characteristic place to find Christians is among their enemies. The first place to look for Christ is in Hell. — William Stringfellow
Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. — Margaret Thatcher
Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights. — Dmitri Mendeleev
The most important thing in life is style. That is, the style of ones existence-the characteristic mode of ones actions-is basically, ultimately what matters. For… — Tom Robbins
The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends....the basic function of rhetoric [is] the use of words by… — Kenneth Burke
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning. — Charles Alexander Eastman
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust â€” not only for all the gifts that I receive… — Brennan Manning
Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to… — Amartya Sen
In Red Flags, Juris Jurjevics has brilliantly accomplished a feat that is becoming a major characteristic of 21st century literature: the seamless combining of a… — Robert Olen Butler
Of whatever class or nation, however, all successful participants in the repetitive and unrelenting stress of aerial fighting came eventually to display its characteristic physiognomy:… — John Keegan
For it is characteristic of true simplicity that there may radiate from its utmost directness a good many glinting things. — Christopher Ricks
Trust is probably the intangible, and cultivated of all characteristic. — Timothy Mason
Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as well. But of… — Joseph Campbell
As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure… — Leon Trotsky
Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism. — David G. Hartwell
Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery. — A J P Taylor
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at… — Martin Van Buren
If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, Iâ€™d say itâ€™s the ability to create and nurture a network… — Harvey Mackay

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