Determining Quotes

166 quotes by 153 authors

Marital happiness is far more important than anything else in determining personal well-being. — David Brooks
PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard… — Ambrose Bierce
It is chiefly upon the lay citizen, informed about science but not its practitioner, that the country must depend in determining the use to which… — David Lilienthal
This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back… — James Stockdale
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in… — Charles Caleb Colton
Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert. — Stephen Ambrose
All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and his working methods,… — Ronald Reagan
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only… — Rene Descartes
We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we… — Robert Mueller
In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar… — George Stigler
The determining factor in our relationship with God is not our past but Christ's past. — Timothy Keller
Our civilization has decided that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to be trusted to trained men. When it… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Our own epoch is determining, day by day, its own style. Our eyes, unhappily, are unable yet to discern it. — Le Corbusier
We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy,… — Nursultan Nazarbayev
Clark, what in your honest opinion is the right standard for determining conduct? Is the only right standard for everyone, the probable action of Jesus… — Charles Sheldon
The 1990's will be a determining period of time for another cycle. If humanity during this time chooses to throw away a lot of the… — Frederick Lenz
The causal body is the determining factor in the changes that occur within your structure or growth rate. — Frederick Lenz
Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly. — John M Swomley
Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor… — Ken Livingstone
The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree of human freedom, but what can be chosen… — Herbert Marcuse

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