Highly Quotes
1183 Highly quotes by 963 unique authors
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Having lots of people talking highly of you and respecting your art and your work, this is one of the best feelings that you can…
— Peter Gabriel
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The professionalism of technique and flash of dexterity are more comfortable to be around than raw creative power, hence our society generally rewards virtuoso performers…
— Stephen Nachmanovitch
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It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of…
— James F. Cooper
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It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills but…
— Chris Hadfield
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Prions are highly indestructible.
— Tom Harkin
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I think vision is highly overrated today. I think what really blesses a ministry is, if you want the power of God in your life,…
— Rick Warren
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The quilt format is highly appropriate for repetition and serialization. Formal issues of balance and color, space and light in landscape are endlessly engaging. I…
— Elizabeth Barton
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The conditions conducive to deep thought have become increasingly rare in our highly mediated lives... Now we live in an attention economy, where the most…
— Laura Miller
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I believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly dangerous criminals and…
— David Cameron
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I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. It is…
— Yann Martel
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The acquisition of True Temper broadens our lawn and garden product line with outstanding, highly respected brands, ... The purchase also expands USI Hardware and…
— David A. Clarke, Jr
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It is beyond doubt that the chief motive of Vegetarianism is the humane one. Questions of hygiene and of economy both play their part, and…
— Henry Stephens Salt
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Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.
— Eugenie Scott
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The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage,…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane...
— Alexander Pushkin
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I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be a requirement in…
— Gerald R. Ford
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When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to me physics as…
— Max Planck
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The American child is a highly intelligent human being; characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, has a strong sense of excitement, energy, and healthy…
— Walt Disney
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To me, today, at age sixty-one, all prayer, by the humble or highly placed, has one thing in common: supplication for strength and inspiration to…
— Walt Disney
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The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed, it comes nearest…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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I think we are warranted in contending that a society thus constituted, and which may be rendered so admirable an engine of improvement, far from…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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I have taken the stand that nobody can be always wrong, but it does seem to me that I have approximated so highly that I…
— Charles Fort
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In order to do an empowerment, a person obviously has to be highly empowered, have the power, and also have the structural knowledge of how…
— Frederick Lenz
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The male establishment power structure has not really changed its attitude towards women. They did not give these rights to women out of kindness. These…
— Frederick Lenz
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