Constitute Quotes

277 quotes by 244 authors

The demands of our reality function require that we adapt to reality, that we constitute ourselves as a reality and that we manufacture works which… — Gaston Bachelard
...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus… — Michael Shermer
It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It… — Winston Churchill
It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute… — Charles Hodge
Be not merely a man of letters! Let literature be an honorable augmentations to your arms, not constitute the coat or fill the escutcheon! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study. — Alfred North Whitehead
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. — Jean Genet
Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased… — Quentin Crisp
The anorexic body is held in the grip of will alone; its meaning is far from stable. What it says - 'Notice me, feed me,… — Rachel Cusk
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. — Epictetus
I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem. — James Fenton
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. — Thomas Jefferson
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption… — Thomas Jefferson
Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition… — Immanuel Kant
Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war. — Charles Krauthammer
Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity. — Robert Mugabe
I am a sworn atheist and therefore from my point of view the Talmud or the Koran don't constitute works of political philosophy but rather… — Michel Onfray
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire… — Pope John Paul II
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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