Extent Quotes

1219 Extent quotes by 962 unique authors

Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not… — Euripides
Religion is something infinitely simple, ingenuous. It is not knowledge, not content of feeling... it is not duty and not renunciation, it is not restriction:… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu
As for the spirit of poverty, I do not remember any moment when it was not in me, although only to that unhappily small extent… — Simone Weil
The greatest of the changes that science has brought is the acuity of change; the greatest novelty the extent of novelty. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with… — Igor Stravinsky
Perhaps there are somewhere in the infinite universe beings whose minds outrank our minds to the same extent as our minds surpass those of the… — Ludwig von Mises
What is art? A violet. Is that all? An artistic style is a living entity, a continuous process of invention. It can never be imposed… — Octavio Paz
There is no agreement on the extent to which metabolism could develop independently of a genetic material. In my opinion, there is no basis in… — Leslie Orgel
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness. — Maimonides
Just as a person is commanded to honor and revere his father, so he is under an obligation to honor and revere his teacher, even… — Maimonides
I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent. — Dolph Lundgren
I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability. — Vijay Mallya
That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no… — Richard Owen
I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording… — Will Oldham
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody. — John Ortberg
I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or… — Ridley Pearson
I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our… — Michael Polanyi
I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is… — Todd Phillips
From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise profits,… — Jimmy Reid
In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over… — Andrei Sakharov
During the late afternoon and early evening there is a specific dimension that interconnects with our physical world. This particular dimension can be visualized as… — Frederick Lenz
I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's… — David Sylvian
The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board. — Howard Staunton
Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an… — Karlheinz Stockhausen

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