Dominance Quotes

103 Dominance quotes by 90 unique authors

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards. — James S. Coleman
If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice" or "legal" and… — Freda Adler
We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European… — Margaret Thatcher
In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to… — Florence King
Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the market - jump… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice… — Peter Block
The best intentions (of respect and tolerance) can often be annoying to those whose cultures are not in dominance: we feel that we are often… — Vijay Prashad
There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In… — Alfred Einstein
A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance. — Anne Desclos
The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved. — Daniel Kahneman
The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which we must love… — Pope Francis
We've tended in our cosmologies to make things familiar. Despite all our best efforts, we've not been very inventive. In the West, Heaven is placid… — Carl Sagan
Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in an international system… — Steven Pinker
It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man. — Confucius
I believe Saddam Hussein's strategic objective was, and remains, to assert dominance over the Gulf region. — Sandy Berger
The removal of Saddam Hussein and his replacement by someone beholden to the United States is a key part of a broader United States strategy… — Michael Klare
What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically inherited… — Carl Sagan
The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved its civilization but resented its dominance. Josephus says they regarded Greeks as feckless,… — Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Dominance is a burden. Most men who are honest will admit that. — Betty Friedan
Dominance contests are rare, if they exist at all. During my 13 summers observing the Ellesmere Island pack, I saw none. — L. David Mech
Dominance is one of the most pervasive and important behaviors among wolves in a pack. — L. David Mech
Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it… — Robert Kagan
Often men's impulses to coerce and degrade women seem to express not a confident assumption of dominance but a desire to retaliate for feelings of… — Ellen Willis
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. — Bianca Jagger
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not… — Carl Sagan

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