Extent Quotes

1219 Extent quotes by 962 unique authors

To the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens low-paid, low-skill U.S.… — William J. Clinton
The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight - like the effect… — Carl von Clausewitz
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable dynamics of something… — Aberjhani
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. — Unknown Author
Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when… — Karl Pearson
Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure. If man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand, surely to a certain extent,… — Harry Callahan
Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a population has been drilled and… — Lewis Mumford
Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent. — Immanuel Kant
Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of… — Omar Bongo
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. — Jean Genet
An authentic response to who God is and what He's done...What we do is useful to the extent that it provides an ability for our… — Crowder
Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their… — Aristotle
We're all just a bundle of habits shaped by our memories. And to the extent that we control our lives, we do so by gradually… — Joshua Foer
The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations. — Anthony Gregory
Our poverty will be brought home to us to its full extent only after the war. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
What we know oman today is limited precisely by the extent to which we have regarded him as a machine. — Friedrich Nietzsche
This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch distinction as he has managed… — Ayn Rand
I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a… — Ian Thorpe
It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic… — Leo Buscaglia
The Puritanical nonsense of excluding children and therefore to some extent women from pubs has turned these places into mere boozing shops instead of the… — George Orwell
There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one's reach, until it becomes present.… — S. N. Goenka
You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a… — Dick Cheney
Men are not as sophisticated as women. They're not as mature as women. They're not as connected with their emotions as women...There's a very Neanderthal… — Adam Levine

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