Dictum Quotes

44 Dictum quotes by 40 unique authors

The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance. — Bertrand Russell
We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap and poison, the… — Aldo Leopold
I have always been an advocate and was, in my last job at M&S, a supporter of the Al Gore dictum that a sustainable business… — Stuart Rose
There is a popular heresy abroad today which states that if a little is good, more is better. Following this dictum creates a life which… — Robert A. Johnson
If I'm sure of a person and his potential in politics, and if I know he will live up to his promises, I wouldn't mind… — Arjun Rampal
The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces,… — John Stuart Mill
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula,… — Charles Bukowski
May I propose a Herzog dictum? those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it. — Werner Herzog
... I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of "writer's block". I was more inclined to think of it as "writer's impatience", and… — Alan Garner
It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure… — Ray Bradbury
One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the world, but you might save the… — Diana Gabaldon
I wonder if you encountered this dictum first spoken by a twentieth-century statesman: "An abyss cannot be crossed in two steps. — David Mitchell
Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job. — Lois McMaster Bujold
The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: "Those who know, do not say; Those who say, do not know." When the master… — Anthony de Mello
Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon… — Frances Wright
CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo sum_ --whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the… — Ambrose Bierce
If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which are not, and cannot be identical with themselves, the old… — Alfred Korzybski
Early on in this book, I quoted Socrates's famous dictum that, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' Let me now turn the phrase inside… — Jo Coudert

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