Committing Quotes

301 quotes by 267 authors

Two armies at death-grips â€” that is one great army committing suicide. — Henri Barbusse
By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy — Francis Collins
In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at… — Carl Icahn
Student loans are destroying the imagination of youth. If thereâ€™s a way of a society committing mass suicide, what better way than to take all… — David Graeber
Most of us continue to believe that those who show utter contempt for human life by committing remorseless, premeditated murder justly forfeit the right to… — Alex Kozinski
Carrying a loaded firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder. — Garry McCarthy
Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done you some grievous… — Ariel Dorfman
We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness. — Mike Rutherford
In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a 'dangerous… — Richard Louv
Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when oneâ€™s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling,… — Alain de Botton
If we cannot make a profit, that means we are committing a sort of crime against society. We take society's capital, we take their people,… — Konosuke Matsushita
In its sacredness, families get together to (unintentionally?) celebrate one genocide (against Native Americans) by committing another (against turkeys). — Unknown Author
Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But… — David Simon
Happiness is the death of the ego. If you want to remain a separate entity from existence as almost everybody is trying to do, you… — Rajneesh
â€Žâ€Žâ€Žâ€ŽShort of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity. — Michael O'Leary
Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action. — Nelson Mandela
Marriage is two imperfect people committing themselves to a perfect institution, by making perfect vows from imperfect lips before a perfect God. — Myles Munroe
Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A… — David Eagleman
A belief in moral absolutes should always make us more, not less, critical of both sides in any conflict. This doesn't mean that both sides… — Joseph Sobran

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