Convenient Quotes

275 Convenient quotes by 245 unique authors

People who are interested in doing something will do it when it's convenient; people who are committed will do it no matter what. — Bob Proctor
There is no convenient Messiah. Salvation comes only through discipline and sacrifice. — Jeffrey R. Holland
Remember that your dominating focus attracts, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful of… — Napoleon Hill
. . . by natural selection our mind has adapted itself to the conditions of the external world. It has adopted the geometry most advantageous… — Henri Poincare
The human ego is the ugliest part of man. We lift up men who only show us darkness, and put down those brave enough to… — Suzy Kassem
For books [Charles Darwin] had no respect, but merely considered them as tools to be worked with. ... he would cut a heavy book in… — Francis Darwin
Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's mind right. All of its proofs are very clear and orderly. It is hardly possible for errors to… — Ibn Khaldun
The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I… — Harrison Salisbury
I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour. — Henry David Thoreau
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. — Henri Poincare
We must recognize that the attempt to set forth the temporal course commonly referred to as the "evolution of mankind" is merely an attempt to… — Jean Gebser
The whole concept of dividing it up into 'value' and 'growth' strikes me as twaddle. It's convenient for a bunch of pension fund consultants to… — Charlie Munger
I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable… — Henry David Thoreau
The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation. — Anthony Braxton
The devil is only a convenient myth invented by the real malefactors of our world. — Robert Anton Wilson
How deep and sticky is the darkness of childhood, how rigid the blades of infant evil, which is unadulterated, unrestrained by the convenient cushions of… — Katherine Dunn
The word "Verse" is used here as the term most convenient for expressing, and without pedantry, all that is involved in the consideration of rhythm,… — Edgar Allan Poe
I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me. — Jules Renard
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. — Joseph Conrad
ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain Signs and Symbols which have been contrived for this Purpose, and found convenient. — Colin Maclaurin

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