Currents Quotes

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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the… — Moliere
All power is of one kind, a sharing of the nature of the world. The mind that is parallel with the laws of nature will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe. — Elbert Hubbard
The current flows fast and furious. It issues in a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians. Every day they tell us that… — Virginia Woolf
I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform. — James Fallows
No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and… — James Fallows
Now is the time to know that God is able. To connect your current reality with God's present ability. — Priscilla Shirer
My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting… — Bill Walton
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to… — Paul Samuelson
The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers...… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events? — Sam Shoemaker
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks… — Stephen Jay Gould
Shakespeare wouldn't have been any good if he'd stayed in Stratford. He had to go to London to be bathed in the full current of… — John Dos Passos
I is a militant social tendency, working to hold and enlarge its place in the general current of tendencies. So far as it can it… — Charles Horton Cooley
The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed… — Jean Piaget
Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure… — Sarah Vowell
I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time. — Rick Mercer
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. — Douglas Coupland
We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year has been robust,… — Pranab Mukherjee
The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions. — Giorgio Napolitano

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