Considerable Quotes

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Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the… — Daniel Kahneman
When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The… — Walter Lippmann
All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as… — Maimonides
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense. — George R. R. Martin
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which… — Edward R. Murrow
I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone.… — Ernie Pyle
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. — Samuel Richardson
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away with - promiscuity,… — Gene Roddenberry
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. — Marilyn vos Savant
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. — Thomas Sowell
Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down… — Desmond Tutu
For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business,… — Tiger Woods
Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning. — Robert Frost
Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than,… — Douglas Adams
Not long ago I learned from a certain person in considerable detail about the worthlessness of your character. All the same, it is you who… — Osamu Dazai
Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Some argued that the youth of today were poorly educated and insufficiently industrious, but one of them had sought to validate his generation by spending… — Dean Koontz

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