Constituent Quotes

47 quotes by 44 authors

Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are… — Samuel Johnson
For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now… — William Irwin Thompson
Briefly, in the act of composition, as an instrument there intervenes and is most potent, fire, flaming, fervid, hot; but in the very substance of… — Georg Ernst Stahl
There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its constituent parts. — Charles Handy
The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
A stars rich in europium; of distant galaxies analyzed through the collective light of a hundred billion constituent stars. Astronomical spectroscopy is an almost magical… — Carl Sagan
Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty... — Winston Churchill
Both the Freudian and the Platonic metaphors emphasize the considerable independence of and tension among the constituent parts of the psyche, a point that characterizes… — Carl Sagan
Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or… — Gilbert N. Lewis
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members,… — Charles Hodge
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause its pain and… — Hippocrates
I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly. — Evo Morales
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole. — Arnold J. Toynbee
Yet in a kingdom containing seven constituent parts, which is upheld like the triple staff ,of an ascetic , there is no ,single part more… — Guru Nanak
The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the… — Pierre Trudeau
I'm always going to be making costumes. It's one of the ways I relax my brain. In addition to the pleasure of having the piece,… — Adam Savage
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it… — Adam Savage
There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
In a cool medium, the audience is an active constituent of the viewing or listening experience. A girl wearing open-mesh silk stockings or glasses is… — Marshall McLuhan
No doubt very few people understand the purely subjective nature of the phenomenon that we call love, or how it creates, so to speak, a… — Marcel Proust

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