Far Less Quotes
152 quotes by 144 authors
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
— Max Beerbohm
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The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic…
— Fritjof Capra
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I'm convinced that without bad design, the world would be a far less stimulating place; we would have nothing to marvel over and nothing to…
— Carrie Fulton Phillips
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I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer.…
— Elaine Stritch
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One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in…
— Eric Hoffer
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If there is a regulation that says you have to do something-whether it be putting in seat belts, catalytic converters, clean air for coal plants,…
— Steven Chu
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The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting…
— Harry Browne
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The six thousand years of human history form but a portion of the geologic day that is passing over us: they do not extend into…
— Hugh Miller
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If Watson and I had not discovered the [DNA] structure, instead of being revealed with a flourish it would have trickled out and that its…
— Francis Crick
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Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.
— Andy Stanley
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In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.
— Aristotle
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Religion is a subject on which I have ever been most scrupulously reserved. I have considered it as a matter between every man and his…
— Thomas Jefferson
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You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important…
— Jane Goodall
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Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed ...
— Alan Greenspan
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To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all things…
— Gerald Holton
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Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in a…
— Mia Freedman
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A run is more difficult to make than no save, because batting is in its nature a far less certain and reliable thing than bowling…
— Ranjitsinhji
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The cynic is his own worst enemy. It requires far less skill to run a wrecking company than it does to be an architect.
— Uell Stanley Andersen
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The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Once you have learned to fly your plane, it is far less fatiguing to fly than it is to drive a car. You don't have…
— William T. Piper
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