Constituted Quotes

136 quotes by 119 authors

This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole; only… — Erwin Schrodinger
Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision. — Gunnar Myrdal
Everything, living or not, is constituted from elements having a nature that is both physical and nonphysical--that is, capable of combining into mental wholes. So… — Thomas Nagel
One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be heaped upon him by fellow Christians quick… — Russell Baker
To a man who is uncorrupt and properly constituted, woman always remains something of a mystery and a romance. He never interprets her quite literally.… — James Parton
It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice. — Tom G. Palmer
The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed… — Charles Hodge
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it… — William Brinkley
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
If I was a poet, I had become one because poetry, more intensely than any other practice, could not evade its anachronism and marginality and… — Ben Lerner
New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies. They crave the lights, and if they tell you differently, they're lying. Only dreamers come… — Charlie LeDuff
According to the history of human progress, it is disobedience to nature that has constituted that progress. — Swami Vivekananda
constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely responsable — William J. Clinton
Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations we stand in… — Alexander Hamilton
Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of fact; for, whatever… — John Calvin
We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods.… — Paul Bloom
The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new… — Thomas Chalmers
Consider that all accomplishment is constituted by a series of resolved breakdowns. — Werner Erhard
The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide for… — Algernon Sidney

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