Characteristic Quotes

466 quotes by 393 authors

In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the earth, or within… — Bertrand Russell
Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason, most people think… — George Lakoff
Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as… — Charles Evans Hughes
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention,… — Calvin Coolidge
Writing is not a series of strokes, but space, divided into characteristic shapes by strokes. — Gerrit Noordzij
By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying desires which are… — John Dewey
In her early days she had that beatific expression characteristic of Victorian prettiness - like a sheep painted by Raphael. — James Agate
The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic… — John Maynard Keynes
When a honeybee dies it releases a death pheromone, a characteristic odour that signals the survivors to remove it from the hive. The corpse is… — Carl Sagan
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can they still hold… — Samuel Johnson
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I… — Alexander Lukashenko
Knowledge, unlike information, is a human characteristic; there can be information no one knows, but there can't be knowledge no one knows. — Clay Shirky
Politically, the goal of todayâ€™s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically , the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically , it is the erosion of… — Ayn Rand
Maybe this is a characteristic of happy people. An ability to be entertained by the world. — Clare Morrall
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to… — Oswald Chambers
Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic. — Douglas Hurd
Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of… — Pierre Curie
The truth is, however, that every religion form is superior to the others in a particular respect, and it is this characteristic that in fact… — Frithjof Schuon
Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint. — Don Pendleton
Indeed, this is an important characteristic of the globalization debate: the tendency toward glorifying all things indigenous even when they deserve to be left in… — Franklin Foer

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