Favourable Quotes

46 quotes by 40 authors

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill
Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both the Health and the Disease… — William Osler
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable. — Matthieu Ricard
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
There's some ill planet reigns: I must be patient till the heavens look With an aspect more favourable. — William Shakespeare
It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and… — Maurice Wilkins
It struck me that favourable variations would tend to be preserved and unfavourable ones tend to be destroyed — Charles Darwin
It is a prejudice to think that morality is more favourable to the development of reason than immorality. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other forces… — Antonio Gramsci
Nature is favourable to our effort when human awareness is being established more and more in pure consciousness. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity,… — John Maynard Keynes
The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them. — Edmund Burke
The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into… — Adolf Galland
I think in Singapore, we stand a chance of making the one-man-one-vote system work. With amendments as we have done, you know, like GRCs.. We… — Lee Kuan Yew
Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of the whole community. It was… — Max Nordau
Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow proudly skywards can… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If I let my fingers wander idly over the keys of a typewriter it might happen that my screed made an intelligible sentence. If an… — Arthur Eddington
Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily disposed… — George Washington
An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable… — Warren Buffett
Does the business have favourable long term prospects? — Warren Buffett

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