Confers Quotes

48 Confers quotes by 44 unique authors

Constancy has nothing virtuous in itself, independently of the pleasure it confers, and partakes of the temporizing spirit of vice in proportion as it endures… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United… — Michael Mandelbaum
If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God to share our… — Maximus the Confessor
Gramophone and movies were merely the mechanization of speech and gesture. But the radio and TV were not just the electronification of speech and gesture… — Marshall McLuhan
A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. — Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone
The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity of light. The… — Max Planck
From Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope:" "I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers equivalent rights… — Barack Obama
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. — Bayard Rustin
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. — Tertullian
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but… — David A. Bednar
I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My homemade education gave me, with every additional… — Alex Haley
For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power. — Joyce Carol Oates
What is most vile and despicable about money is that it even confers talent. And it will do so until the end of the world. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our… — Rene Daumal
The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely… — Kenneth G. Wilson
Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it. — Roger Starr
Ambition, intention and disciplined effort will bring you great things in this world, but there is more to success than acquiring the commonly celebrated milestones… — Melchor Lim
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on he world a benefit when he dies. — Unknown Author

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