Exerted Quotes

64 Exerted quotes by 62 unique authors

It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human… — Rita Levi-Montalcini
Impressed force is the action exerted on a body to change its state either of resting or of moving uniformly straight forward. — Isaac Newton
Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He… — Lena Horne
In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by… — Andrew Jackson
It isn't fair that there's pressure exerted on those who choose to live on the edges of the bell-shaped curve of normal. — Laurel Lea
I rather think the cinema will die. Look at the energy being exerted to revive it - yesterday it was color, today three dimensions. I… — Orson Welles
'A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of… — Junot Diaz
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. — Michael Faraday
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. — Baron de Montesquieu
As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would… — Eliot Spitzer
At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked into her… — Paulo Coelho
She and Thomas had helped construct the Maze; at the same time sheâ€™d exerted a lot of effort to build a wall holding back her… — James Dashner
Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry,… — David Hume
Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications of scientific research. — I. Bernard Cohen
But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by… — William Whewell
My parents genuinely loved Vienna, and in later years I learned from them why the city exerted a powerful hold on them and other Jews.… — Eric Kandel
Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by… — John Updike
The dark outside world of Paris under German occupation exerted a strong containing pressure. — Gerard Debreu
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. — Henry Knox
All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are… — Charles Inglis

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