Criterion Quotes

121 quotes by 105 authors

And remember, that is the criterion. If a person can enjoy and celebrate his death, that shows he has lived rightly; there is no other… — Rajneesh
If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be,… — James Madison
The goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is the criterion of true pacifism. — Albert Einstein
Life was tough for me. When I was a kid, nobody played with me because they thought I looked ugly with my extra thumb. It… — Hrithik Roshan
The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not. — John Quincy Adams
There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which… — Charles de Gaulle
The criterion for free choice can never be an absolute one, but neither is it entirely relative. — Herbert Marcuse
There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its… — Vaclav Havel
The ability of the countries within the region to cooperate and establish good-neighborly relations ... will be an important criterion for evaluating their prospects of… — Martti Ahtisaari
Read a lot, finding out what kind of writing turns you on, in order to develop a criterion for your own writing. And then trust… — Rosemary Daniell
...I always feel it's necessary to look at my images from two distances. Here is my criterion: If I can look at it from a… — Bruce Barnbaum
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I… — Ludwig Feuerbach
Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion. — Robert Caro
Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual… — Oliver Goldsmith
The idea of a world commonweal has to be established as the criterion of political institutions, and also as the criterion of general conduct in… — H.G. Wells
In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make… — Twyla Tharp
Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty. — Mahlon Hoagland
Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of… — John Rawls
The criterion and rule of the true is to have made it. Accordingly, our clear and distinct idea of the mind cannot be a criterion… — Giambattista Vico
Anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just 'talents.'… — Jack Kerouac

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