Considerable Quotes

329 quotes by 293 authors

We should be on our guard against the temptation to argue directly from skill to capacity, and to assume when a man displays skill in… — Tom Hatherley Pear
Although I am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although I lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and in particular the… — M.C. Escher
Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history. — Fred Saberhagen
With respect to their safety, derivatives, for the most part, are traded among very sophisticated financial institutions and individuals who have considerable incentive to understand… — Ben Bernanke
As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure… — Leon Trotsky
All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. — Jared Diamond
The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd. — Benjamin Graham
There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I'm a working man. Perhaps Iâ€™m luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from doing… — Saul Bass
The lungs cannot be completely deflated at first without considerable effort. With perseverance, however, the desired results can be accomplished and with increasing power, gradually… — Joseph Pilates
On the contrary, there is a considerable body of evidence that these fossil traces, known as 'dino-fuzz', have nothing to do with bird feathers... I,… — Alan Feduccia
Therefore we examineÂ with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers… — Martin Chemnitz
I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other… — Stanley Schmidt
It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to… — Sister Parish
From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in… — Omar Bongo
In moments of considerable strain, I tend to take to bread-and-butter pudding. There is something about the blandness of soggy bread, the crispness of the… — Clement Freud
Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a considerable minority get… — Sydney J. Harris
Though we must hold to our faith in the evolution of species, there is little evidence as to how it has come about, and no… — William Bateson
It's curious that the Church has become the most tightfisted at the very time in history when God has provided most generously. There's considerable talk… — Randy Alcorn
If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to… — Gerald Durrell
I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. — Oliver Cromwell

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