Exercised Quotes

201 quotes by 169 authors

In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs… — Dylan Thomas
Giving styleâ€ to oneâ€™s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their… — Friedrich Nietzsche
He said he "admired our courage" but didn't want to see us do anything to "damage our promising futures." He felt "proud as an American"… — Jordan Sonnenblick
It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it. — Walter Scott
The entire world was like a palace with countless rooms whose doors opened into one another. We were able to pass from one room to… — Orhan Pamuk
We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude.… — Thomas Paine
The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything… — John Stuart Mill
Something must always remain that eludes us ... For power to have an object on which it can be exercised, a space in which to… — Italo Calvino
Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised. — Joni Eareckson Tada
Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigourously, more vigourously, and more severely, than by one. — Andrew Johnson
Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. — Jack Vance
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. — William Proxmire
What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty… — John Ruskin
So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is breathed, and so great is the influence daily exercised by parents over… — Samuel Smiles
Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised. — Ferdinand Marcos
The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process,… — Glenn Greenwald
Clear limits should be set on how power is exercised in cyberspace by companies as well as governments through the democratic political process and enforced… — Rebecca MacKinnon
History does not record in its annals any lasting domination exercised by one people over another, of different race, of diverse usages and customs, of… — Jose Rizal
My parents both work in publishing, and I was a bright, academic kind of kid, and I read a lot of books, and when you… — Harry Lloyd
Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised. — Nikki Grimes

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