Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy. — Mary Anne Radmacher
The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind. — William Greider
When people truly open their minds, and contemplate the way in which the universe is ordered and governed, they are amazed-overwhelmed by a sense of… — Saint Augustine
The country has always been governed by a coalition but today it is governed by a so-called Grand Coalition which is a more polite word… — George Mikes
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is… — Charles Hodge
Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there… — Julian Baggini
I have always believed that the material world is governed by nonmaterial sources, so that in that sense 'English Music' is an exercise in the… — Peter Ackroyd
We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. Mankind are governed more by their feeling than by reason. Events which excite those… — Samuel Adams
I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity. — Bob Dylan
...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom. For… — Xenophanes
The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion… — Russell M. Nelson
The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it… — Phillip E. Johnson
Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I are walking around… — Ray Kurzweil
At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence,… — Jean-Pierre Melville
Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges? — Khalil Gibran
The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of… — Raymond B. Fosdick
I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on this subject have… — Francois Arago
That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has been believed by… — Tycho Brahe
We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them. — Nicolas Chamfort
In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is… — Marianne Moore
A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the… — Thomas Carlyle
God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and… — John Dryden
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. — Henry Fielding
In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed by the deep inner needs of our nature. — Sigmund Freud
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws. — Baron de Montesquieu

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