Defect Quotes

148 quotes by 128 authors

The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those which have been… — James Madison
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both… — James Madison
It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some defect… — James Madison
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in… — James Madison
Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they… — Richard Hamming
I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I was able to… — Werner Herzog
Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed… — Charles Babbage
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they… — Anita Loos
The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally receive. They apply… — Jean-Georges Noverre
In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a… — Katherine Dunn
I think when you're an adult you start to like the very things that make you different. If you obsess about some defect, you make… — Audrey Tautou
Every deadline was a crisis â€¦ No doubt it has something to do with a deep-seated personality defect, or maybe a kink in whatever blood… — Hunter S. Thompson
My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I detest… — Sergei Prokofiev
God gave me a physical defect, I've accepted that since I was a kid. When I was a kid people were laughing at me. But… — Jean Chretien
I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. — John Calvin
A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability, incompetence, suffering, disease,… — Ayn Rand
The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a… — Ludwig von Mises
The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial (20-50 percent) chance of introducing another. So the whole process is… — Fred Brooks
Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure… — Czeslaw Milosz

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