Denotes Quotes
29 quotes by 28 authors
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Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.
— Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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[Culture] denotes an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms, by means of which men…
— Clifford Geertz
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If A denotes one of the two constant traits, for example, the dominating one, a the recessive, and the Aa the hybrid form in which…
— Gregor Mendel
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Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
— Francis Hutcheson
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Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege…
— Jacques Barzun
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Grace is more than mercy and love. It super-adds to them. It denotes, not simply love, but the love of a sovereign, transcendent Superior. One…
— Thomas Goodwin
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My darling girl, when are you going to understand that "normal" isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.
— Stockard Channing
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No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a…
— Michael Shermer
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The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological…
— Ray Kurzweil
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The word "veganism" denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible and practical - all forms…
— Donald Watson
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When the copulative kai [`and'] connects two nouns of the same case, [viz. nouns (either substantive or adjective, or participles), of personal description, respecting office,…
— Granville Sharp
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The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages,…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of…
— Allen Tate
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It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents…
— Bernard Lewis
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It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the…
— Syncletica of Alexandria
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Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be…
— Nassau William Senior
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The word "no" denotes a shutting of the door. It means failure, defeat, delay. But spell in backwards and take new hope, for backwards it…
— Norman Vincent Peale
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The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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The word "souvenir" has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless; but even today, ninety…
— Alan Coren
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My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." -…
— Alice Hoffman
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