Gained Quotes

694 quotes by 572 authors

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in… — Bahman Ghobadi
I used to a play a role-playing game called Dungeons and Dragons, and that was about levels of experience; as you gained experience, you were… — Unknown Author
The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a rarified realm where… — Seth Shostak
The old-fashioned idea is that responsibility falls upon those who borrow and lend. Money was not borrowed by campesinos, assembly plant workers, or slum-dwellers. The… — Noam Chomsky
Over the years, Good Deeds Day has annually gained greater popularity, spreading beyond geographical boundaries to include many more countries worldwide. International Good Deeds Day… — Shari Arison
Spending years between America and Israel, I have gained a global view, and the planet is my home. — Shari Arison
I lived in China for 9 years straight. I saw how my Chinese friends benefited and gained much more freedom to determine the course of… — Rebecca MacKinnon
I was born deaf, and I gained my hearing back when I was six months old - it was a miraculous event. — Lindsay Pearce
You can write a radical Norwegian or a conservative Norwegian. And when I changed to a conservative Norwegian, I gained this distance or objectivity in… — Karl Ove Knausgard
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words)… — Jose Rizal
Put two Yankees in a room together, and in an hour they will each have gained ten dollars from the other. — Jules Verne
When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it.… — Unknown Author
The Tea Party elites gained extraordinary influence by being able to funnel millions of undisclosed dollars into campaigns with ads that distort the truth and… — Chuck Schumer
I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the… — John Ortberg
I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage. — Elizabeth Warren
When something succeeds, we learn little more from it than that it did succeed. When something fails, however, we are driven to try to understand… — Henry Petroski
Starting young has definitely helped my success. All the experience I gained by touring with other players as a backing artist helped to prepare me… — Vonda Shepard
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over… — George Gissing
It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just,… — Sydney Smith
Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark. — Empedocles

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