Devised Quotes

149 quotes by 139 authors

The founding fathers, in their wisdom, devised a method by which our republic can take one hundred of its most prominent numbskulls and keep them… — P.J. O'Rourke
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous. — Oliver Herford
Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors… — Tycho Brahe
But I do say that, if you will regularly devote 15 minutes a day, preferably before breakfast, for 60 days to the simple set of… — Gene Tunney
The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised. — Mark Millar
Each of you possesses the most powerful, dangerous and subversive trait that natural selection has ever devised. It's a piece of neural audio technology for… — Mark Pagel
Work is the best method devised for killing time. — William Feather
It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised as an instrument… — Ludwig von Mises
The ingenuity of the average worker is sufficient to outwit any system of controls devised by management. — Douglas McGregor
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio,… — Satyajit Ray
The state is the most destructive institution human beings have ever devised - a fire that, at best, can be controlled for only a short… — Robert Higgs
Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major… — Edward R. Murrow
Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as… — Charles Evans Hughes
There is no way that the heart-lung machine could have been devised and developed other than through studies on living creatures — Norman L Browse
An honourable agreement among men as to their conduct toward women, and it was devised by women. — Don Herold
A system could not well have been devised more studiously hostile to human happiness than marriage. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please. — Charles Hodge
Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
I hope, too, that my book will illuminate my belief that love of art - be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music - enables… — Mary Ann Shaffer
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised. — Publilius Syrus

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