Degree Quotes

1888 Degree quotes by 1428 unique authors

The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be… — Charles Darwin
Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations. The battlefield as a… — William Howard Taft
You cannot increase the quality or quantity of your achievement or performance except to the degree in which you increase your ability to use your… — Brian Tracy
To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree — Charles Darwin
No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate. — David Hockney
I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand… — Ben Stein
An odd contradiction, if the layman were correct in his unconscious assumption that an artist begins with reality and ends with art: the converse is… — Robert Motherwell
Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather… — Guy Finley
A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study of… — Ben Shahn
Without trying to clear up the degree of correctness of a qualification which no one, one must hope, will be asked to understand exactly, I… — Gustave Courbet
Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get, and… — Joshua Reynolds
It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He… — Joshua Reynolds
Psychic health depends on orgastic potency, i.e., upon the degree to which one can surrender to and experience the climax of excitation in the natural… — Wilhelm Reich
One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure — Nathaniel Branden
Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their… — Nathaniel Branden
I never work with an audience - I can't do this. The process depends on the highest degree of nervous concentration. — Frank Auerbach
If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree... — Rex Harrison
What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which, beginning… — Daniel Goleman
Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser. — Adam Gopnik
Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing, what… — Philip Guston
The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how… — Barbara Kruger
Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and… — Christopher Love
It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work,… — Roy Baumeister

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