Favourable Quotes

46 quotes by 40 authors

The history of this paper suggests that highly speculative investigations, especially by an unknown author, are best brought before the world through some other channel… — John William Strutt
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute that… — Samuel Johnson
The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged-All that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the… — George Washington
I'm not interested in what the public thinks. My fight is in the courts. And while I have been fighting with the appeal it has… — John Wayne Gacy
To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of the bird and… — Leonardo da Vinci
I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the conditions were unusually… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of… — William Ralph Inge
George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course… — David Prowse
A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to… — Nawal El Saadawi
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable. — Seneca the Younger
If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable. — Seneca the Younger
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing. — William Feather
This preservation of favourable variations and the destruction of injurious variations, I call Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest. Variations neither useful nor… — Charles Darwin
I am much obliged by the favourable sentiments you express towards me, and shall be happy if I can be of service in carrying into… — George Stephenson
But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the… — Thomas Day
The guest gets at least as much service with us as with some established airline, if not even more. And at by far a favourable… — Niki Lauda
I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be… — A. S. Byatt
The image of the tormented man is taken and reproduced in the dirtiest political ways by the institutions of the church, and through this image… — Sorin Cerin

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