Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

You've a right to believe that we're governed by Nature and the hidden Force within her. You can think that the gods, including my Melitele,… — Andrzej Sapkowski
There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal… — Miyamoto Musashi
Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are… — Roald Dahl
I used to think things were the way they are for a reason, that there was some hidden meaning. I used to think that this… — Delphine de Vigan
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these… — Cory Doctorow
Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time. — Paulo Coelho
Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. — Roberto Assagioli
Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic… — Woodrow Wilson
Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the… — Stephen Hawking
We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility — William Hazlitt
Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the face of freedom… — H. L. Mencken
In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. — Anatole France
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is… — Murray Gell-Mann
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them. — Nicholas of Cusa
Fear has governed my life, if I think about it. — Trent Reznor
The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of plant… — Antoine Predock
Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap. — Kimberly Elise
India does not encourage - India has forbidden - child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country. — Unknown Author
The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between… — Allan McNish
All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left… — Edward Snowden
I think the law should be comprehensible not only to those who work with it but also to those who are governed by it. — Alan Siegel
If there are other worlds elsewhere in the universe, I would conjecture they are governed by the same laws of natural selection. — Richard Dawkins
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to… — Stephen Hawking
In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some… — Alice Morse Earle
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government… — Alexander Hamilton

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