Extent Quotes

1219 Extent quotes by 962 unique authors

Your state of mind dominates your awareness to such an extent that you can't conceive of any other state of mind other than the state… — Frederick Lenz
The entire structure of the human mind blocks out most of infinity. To a certain extent it's necessary because otherwise one would be insane, unless… — Frederick Lenz
I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite… — J.K. Simmons
Globally, as the nation-state becomes increasingly less meaningful - a provider of positive goods and more and more just an army and some domestic enforcement… — Rebecca Solnit
In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent you do that. — Chris Terrio
Being stick skinny to the extent where you can see your bones through your skin is not a good look. You don't need to be… — Rumer Willis
I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and… — Lawrence Wright
For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the… — Max von Laue
I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role… — Joe Manganiello
When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers… — Walter Dean Myers
To the extent that people overpay as a result of the Libor manipulation, they should be able to get their money back. Individuals who have… — Peter Welch
Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent… — George F. Kennan
We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. — Tony Hancock
To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar… — Elihu Root
Let us take from Nature only what we really need, and try to give back to some extent. — Mata Amritanandamayi
The mind of man has perplexed itself with many hard questions. Is space infinite, and in what sense? Is the material world infinite in extent,… — James Clerk Maxwell
The magnificent title of the Functional School of Anthropology has been bestowed on myself, in a way on myself, and to a large extent out… — Bronislaw Malinowski
Each of us is comprised of stories, stories not only about ourselves but stories about ancestors we never knew and people we've never met. We… — Julius Lester
To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives. — John Forbes Nash
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident… — Ferdinand de Saussure
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally… — Ferdinand de Saussure
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. — Ferdinand de Saussure
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to… — Jerome K. Jerome
I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent. — Daniel Day-Lewis
You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false. — Charles Olson

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