Denotes Quotes

29 Denotes quotes by 28 unique authors

Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
[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
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
Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. — Francis Hutcheson
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
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
My darling girl, when are you going to understand that "normal" isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage. — Stockard Channing
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology. — Christian Nestell Bovee
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
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
Could you please explain to me exactly what the staff is that you carry?" Cronus proudly held the symbol of his power and authority aloft.… — Stuart Hill
Law itself is either suspended, or regarded as an instrument that the state may use in the service of constraining and monitoring a given population;… — Judith Butler
I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, despair, but it’s a serious word, and I’m using it seriously. For me it denotes a… — David Foster Wallace
In every state of the Union, Fundamentalists still fight to ban all the science they dislike and prosecute all who teach it. To them, 'traditional… — Robert Anton Wilson
Youth is impulsive. When our young men grow angry at some real or imaginary wrong, and disfigure their faces with black paint, it denotes that… — Chief Seattle

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