Dispensing Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion. — Rita Mae Brown
Preventive medicine isn't part of a physician's everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery. — Deepak Chopra
Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether. — Greil Marcus
God is still in the process of dispensing gifts, and He uses ordinary individuals like us to develop those gifts in other people — Howard G. Hendricks
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we… — Plato
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something. The strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to… — Thomas Carlyle
It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with… — Willard Van Orman Quine
The word "veganism" denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible and practical - all forms… — Donald Watson
Do one thing every day that scares you...Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other… — Mary Schmich
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly… — William Shakespeare
We've created a multitrillion-dollar edifice for dispensing the medical equivalent of lottery tickets - and have only the rudiments of a system to prepare patients… — Atul Gawande
God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil. — Alfred Edersheim
The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities. — Muhammad Ali
Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country. — Sathya Sai Baba
As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone… — Ambrose Bierce
I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasyâ€”something a lot of people didnâ€™t notice and maybe still donâ€™t. He brought… — Steven Erikson
I left parts of myself everywhere, The way absent-minded people leave Gloves and umbrellas Whose colors are sad from dispensing so much bad luck — Charles Simic
So I'm back again to the eternal question, the one that has plagued me all my life: How Do Other People Do It? How come… — Marian Keyes
Renouncing things is less difficult than people believe: it's all a matter of getting started. Once you've succeeded in dispensing with something you thought essential,… — Italo Calvino

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