Impetus Quotes

74 quotes by 68 authors

I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism,… — Jimmy Carter
A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of… — Leonardo da Vinci
By being with that individual, we are somehow provided with an impetus to become whole ourselves... — Edgar Cayce
Faith is harder to shake than knowledge, love succumbs less to change than respect, hate is more enduring than aversion, and the impetus to the… — Adolf Hitler
Throughout the history of the United States , war has been the primary impetus behind the growth and development of the central state. It has… — Bruce D. Porter
It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth… — Rene Descartes
In anthropology, which historically exists to 'give voice' to others, there is no greater taboo than self-revelation. The impetus of our discipline, with its roots… — Ruth Behar
It is not how we breed, keep and kill animals for human consumption that has been the impetus for vegetarianism for thousands of years. It… — Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
The life story of the five main characters and the secondary characters around them allows Jonathan Franzen to present the full impetus and extent of… — Batya Gur
As a thinker I keep discovering that beauty itself is as much a fact, and a mystery...I consider nature's facts -- its beautiful and grotesque… — Annie Dillard
There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in… — Norman Mailer
One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the Congress passed the… — John F. Kennedy
No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and… — Anne Sullivan Macy
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental… — Andrew Solomon
The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great. — George Muller
Whenever I may be tempted to slack up and let the business run for awhile on its own impetus, I picture my competitor sitting at… — Harry Gordon Selfridge
I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty… — Harri Holkeri
The fact that people go to Portland to visit a tiny feminist bookstore-no matter what the impetus is for them getting there-the fact that they… — Carrie Brownstein
What must underlie successful epidemics, in the end, is a bedrock belief that change is possible, that people can radically transform their behavior or beliefs… — Malcolm Gladwell
It was the transmutation of the classical liberal intellectual foundation by Christianity that gave modern Europe its impetus and that pushed European accomplishment so far… — Charles A. Murray

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