Devised Quotes

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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man. — Mahatma Gandhi
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for… — Walt Disney
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. — James Joyce
Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent. — Barbara Kingsolver
A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. — Jonathan Kozol
The CD, it should be noted, was born out of greed. It was devised to prop up record sales on the expectation of people replenishing… — John Mellencamp
I wonder what book signings will be like when most of the books we read are electronic. Will authors sign something else? A flyer, perhaps?… — Susan Orlean
In the Democratic primary in 2008, the Obama team devised a strategy to use the caucuses and a complicated system of awarding delegates in the… — John Podhoretz
I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for… — Terry Pratchett
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised… — Vladimir Putin
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. — Ronald Reagan
The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness… — John Piper
Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers. — W G Sebald
A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised. — Tom Robbins
It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our view, molds us,… — Rebecca Walker
Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied… — Richard Wright
Trying to exhaust himself, Vaughan devised an endless almanac of terrifying wounds and insane collisions: The lungs of elderly men punctured by door-handles; the chests… — J. G. Ballard
The dove descending breaks the air With flame of incandescent terror Of which the tongues declare The one discharge from sin and error. The only… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised. — Wislawa Szymborska

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