Conditions Quotes
1685 quotes by 1230 authors
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material…
— Annie Besant
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Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed…
— Joe Biden
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
— Nadia Boulanger
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Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers…
— Eli Broad
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Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad; one who gladly admits she reached the size she is now solely through…
— Julie Burchill
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Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so…
— Albert Camus
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I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our…
— Donald Cargill
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Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
— Dale Carnegie
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Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
— Alexis Carrel
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