Defective Quotes

92 Defective quotes by 82 unique authors

Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all. — Peter Singer
If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman… — Peter Singer
For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is… — John Calvin
It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was… — Sam Houston
The evident character of this defective cognition of which mathematics is proud, and on which it plumes itself before philosophy, rests solely on the poverty… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The scepticism which men affect towards their higher inspirations is often not an honest doubt, but a guilty negligence, and is a sign of narrow… — James Martineau
A newspaper is a mirror reflecting the public, a mirror more or less defective, but still a mirror. — Arthur Brisbane
In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed. — Herbert M. Shelton
I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with… — William Carey
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery cost U.S. taxpayers… — Molly Ivins
Archimedes constructing his circle pays with his life for his defective biological adaptation to immediate circumstances. — Ernst Mach
Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys but with the… — Michael Gurian
What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? — Morley Safer
It is because we have such shallow views of God's love that we have such defective views of God's dealings. We blindly interpret the symbols… — Octavius Winslow
The scenes and events of long ago, and the persons who took part in them, wear a charming aspect to the eye of memory, which… — Arthur Schopenhauer
No one can measure the loss of business that may arise from a defective item that goes out to a customer. — W. Edwards Deming
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. — P.D. James
George, it's impossible to correct a defective reality-orientation overnight. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Destructive Failure: Reveals limitations and weakness, highlights your shortcomings and when not processed correctly, keeps you feeling inadequate and defective. Productive failure: Reveals limitations and… — June Hunt
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of… — J C Ryle
This is why moral uneasiness is destined to become even more acute. It is obvious that a fundamental defect, or rather a series of defects,… — Pope John Paul II
The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring is a demand of the clearest reason and if systematically executed represents the… — Adolf Hitler
Show me three variations in the leading handbook on the openings, and I will show you two of those three that are defective. — Emanuel Lasker
To think, "I am a sinner, oh Father, save me," is a defective approach! You should say, "I am your son, I am your daughter,… — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me. — Phillip Lopate

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