Determining Quotes
166 quotes by 153 authors
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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
— John Adams
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The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean…
— Francis Turretin
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The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.
— Sinclair B. Ferguson
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Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
— Alex Trebek
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But Mr. Hale resolved that he would not be disturbed by any such nonsensical idea; so he lay awake, determining not to think about it.
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.
— Ron Kind
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It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.
— Harry Sinden
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All possible truth is practical. To ask whether our conception of chair or table corresponds to the real chair or table apart from the uses…
— G. Stanley Hall
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The best and safest way of philosophising seems to be, first to enquire diligently into the properties of things, and to establish those properties by…
— Isaac Newton
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But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?
— Diana Nyad
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To entrust the government with the power of determining the education which our children receive is entrusting our servant with the power to be our…
— David Nasaw
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Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation of Hofmeister's epoch-making…
— Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The truth us that other systems of geometry are possible, yet after all, these other systems are not spaces but other methods of space measurements.…
— Paul Carus
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The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining…
— Warren Buffett
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Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self- determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is…
— Merlin Olsen
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I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.
— George Ryan
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The growth of a nation's productive potential is the central factor in determining its growth in real wages and living standards.... high rates of investment…
— Paul Samuelson
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Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others…
— Hilaire Belloc
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The first law of the market is to make the largest possible profit from other people's labor or go out of business. Profitability rather than…
— Michael Parenti
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When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms.
— Elizabeth Olsen
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