Constitutes Quotes

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Dreaming is a form of action. Idleness is a form of action. The idle man stares at the sky and sees what constitutes our eternal… — Philippe Starck
What constitutes the authentic human being? — Philip K. Dick
This gospel we have received is one of sacrifice, service and self-abnegation from beginning to end. That is what constitutes the straight and narrow way… — George F. Richards
Unfortunately our children today seem to spend less and less time with their overworked parents, and so they draw more information about the world from… — Michael Medved
As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom. — Milan Kundera
Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world, as also… — Christopher Columbus
As a society, we need to get lots more flexible about what constitutes beauty. It isn't a particular hair color or a particular body type;… — Victoria Moran
Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories; but any more advanced distinction… — Michel Houellebecq
The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all. — Moliere
What is the good of telling a community that it has every liberty except the liberty to make laws? The liberty to make laws is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I would say that failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members… — Robert Zubrin
Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality. — Peter Drucker
The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a crude and simple cast of mind -- the mind of a… — Eric Hoffer
Even if man's hunger and thirst and his sexual strivings are completely satisfied, 'he' is not satisfied. In contrast to the animal his most compelling… — Erich Fromm
Humor simultaneously wounds and heals, indicts and pardons, diminishes and enlarges; it constitutes inner growth at the expense of outer gain, and those who possess… — Louis Kronenberger
Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the… — Gary Saul Morson
This growing poverty in the midst of growing population constitutes a permanent menace to peace. And not only to peace, but also to democratic institutions… — Aldous Huxley
Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they… — Emile M. Cioran

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