Considerable Quotes

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Nostalgia is the bane of rock 'n' roll. He had the courage to let it all hang out. ... He was a considerable talent. — Jim DeRogatis
Hot groups have members who are task-obsessed and full of passion. They share a style which is "intense, sharply focused, and full bore. Members feel… — Jean Lipman-Blumen
The tale of the Monkey Girl gave me wat I needed most at a critical time in my life: the image of the creative and… — Midori Snyder
It is haram [religiously forbidden] to use narcotics in any way because it results in considerable adverse effects in terms of personal health and social… — Ali Khamenei
In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and… — Gerald Jay Sussman
I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable pleasure, though I… — Anton Chekhov
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and… — Frederick Winslow Taylor
It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The… — Anton Chekhov
Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent… — Eric Hoffer
There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important. — Seth Lloyd
To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement. — Bertrand Russell
Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous. — Joseph Butler
The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as… — Mark Twain
It seems to be a general rule that sciences begin their development with the unusual. They have to develop considerable sophistication before they interest themselves… — Ralph Linton
A very small cause, which escapes us, determines a considerable effect which we cannot ignore, and we say that this effect is due to chance. — Henri Poincare
A. Douglas Stone, a physicist who has spent his life using quantum mechanics to explore striking new phenomena, has turned his considerable writing skills to… — Peter Galison
Baby, after considerable thought I've reached the conclusion that the only conceivable legitimate answer to the Universe as constituted is a peal of hysterical laughter. — Keith Laumer
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only… — Alfred Nobel
A considerable breakdown in my health has scared me from the anxieties, responsibilities and excitement of my profession; whether temporarily or permanently cannot yet be… — Thomas Addison
Near the end of his life, my father proved to be, at his core, a very polite, chivalrous man. He walked the halls of the… — Jennifer L. Knox

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