Constitute Quotes
277 quotes by 244 authors
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Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.
— Sidney Hook
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The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to…
— H. L. Mencken
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The American people, taking one with another, constitute the most timorous, snivelling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goosesteppers ever gathered under one flag in…
— H. L. Mencken
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Forcing a dog into an alpha roll, or shaking the dog, both constitute physical aggression. Physical aggression is not communication. If there is good communication,…
— Stanley Coren
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Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
— Corliss Lamont
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It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn how to mold the mind…
— Edward Bernays
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The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Muslims should constitute a warning to our society, a…
— Andrew Goodman
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Tradition is the transmitting of linguistic messages that constitute the horizon within which Dasein is thrown as a historically determined project: and tradition derives its…
— Gianni Vattimo
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Here at home, ... while the most likely scenario remains solid growth and low inflation -- subject to the usual ups and downs -- certain…
— Robert Rubin
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It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.
— Vicesimus Knox
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When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe. But…
— Edward Kasner
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It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing oversights or technical…
— John Negroponte
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Civilization has taught man how to live in dense crowds, and by that very fact those crowds are likely ultimately to constitute a majority of…
— Charles Galton Darwin
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Hate-on-the-highway is an institution occupying a high place in our modern civilization....The godawful glares that drivers exchange as they pass each other, the mutual hatred…
— H. Allen Smith
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If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there?…
— Keith O'Brien
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An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve…
— Frances Wright
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The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy is simple: Certain…
— Joe Queenan
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If yoga is about life, this means ALL life, not just part of it. Together, the spiritual and the material constitute the whole you, the…
— Rod Stryker
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There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run…
— Robert Andrews Millikan
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Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is…
— Grant Wood
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