Devised Quotes

149 quotes by 139 authors

All physical and economic tests that may be devised are worthless if the immigrant, through racial or other inherently antipathetic conditions, cannot be more or… — Boies Penrose
In ordinary life, we are not aware of the unity of all things, but divide the world into separate objects and events. This division is… — Fritjof Capra
Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not know.… — Edward Teller
Work is the best wonder drug ever devised by God. Work is as necessary to man as eating and sleeping. Pleasure derived from labor is… — Richard L. Evans
Not only is this not love; I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised. — Ruth Hurmence Green
No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted… — Calvin Coolidge
The book is second only to the wheel as the best piece of technology human beings have ever invented. A book symbolises the whole intellectual… — Philip Pullman
As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of physics and astronomy,… — Huston Smith
God in his infinite mercy has devised a way by which justice can be satisfied, and yet mercy can be triumphant. Jesus Christ, the only… — Charles Spurgeon
In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised — George S. Patton
Consider Christmas - could Satan in his most malignant mood have devised a worse combination of graft plus bunkum than the system whereby several hundred… — Upton Sinclair
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons… — George W. Bush
It is ... a sign of the times-though our brothers of physics and chemistry may smile to hear me say so-that biology is now a… — Peter Medawar
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong.… — C.S. Lewis
Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls free play. — Virginia Woolf
Everything useful in mathematics has been devised for a purpose. Even if you don't know it, the guy who did it first, he knew what… — Michael Atiyah
Work is the best wonder drug ever devised by God. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
The Santa myth is one of the most effective means ever devised for intimidating children, eroding their self- esteem, twisting their behavior, warping their values,… — Tom Flynn
Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do? — Mark Twain
Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought… — Mark Twain

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