Derive Quotes

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The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer:… — Maria Montessori
I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in… — James Naismith
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. — Blaise Pascal
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. — Quintilian
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to… — Richard Russo
I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love. — William Shatner
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face… — Georg Simmel
Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of… — Oliver Tambo
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. — George Washington
All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to nature in her work. — Ellen G. White
It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company… — Thomas Paine
All these are readers, and their gestures, their craft, the pleasure, the responsibility and the power they derive from reading, are common with mine. I… — Alberto Manguel
From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain… — William Shakespeare
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. — Mahatma Gandhi
Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge… — Confucius
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to… — Robert A. Heinlein
Resistances do not derive from a few heterogeneous principles; but neither are they a lure or a promise that is of necessity betrayed. They are… — Michel Foucault
perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems to share: that… — Barack Obama
[W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. — Jane Austen

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