Inadequate Quotes

228 Inadequate quotes by 198 unique authors

All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate. — John Dewey
To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our… — Eric Hoffer
I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems… — DeForest Soaries
[A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of… — James Madison
The available supply of gold and silver being wholly inadequate to permit the issuance of coins of intrinsic value or paper currency convertible into coin… — Abraham Lincoln
As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when… — Albert Einstein
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in… — James Madison
All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as… — Walter Benjamin
I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was… — Eric Bogosian
Our self-perception determines our behavior. If we think weâ€™re small, limited, inadequate creatures, then we tend to behave that way, and the energy we radiate… — Marianne Williamson
For many, the call to be a Christian can seem demanding, even overwhelming. But we need not be afraid or feel inadequate. The Savior has… — Robert D. Hales
If moral statements are about something, then the universe is not quite as science suggests it is, since physical theories, having said nothing about God,… — David Berlinski
The words graphic designer, architect, or industrial designer stick in my throat, giving me a sense of limitation, of specialisation within the specialty, of a… — Alvin Lustig
Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease which, once contracted, cannot be got out of the system. If… — Monica Dickens
Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate. — Maria Shriver
When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often inadequate.… — Dalai Lama
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would be utterly inadequate… — Francis Grund
What politician ever thinks beyond 4 or 5 years? But such thinking is hopelessly inadequate for the big questions that involve the fabric of the… — Simon Barnes
Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body's new membrane of existence. — Nam June Paik

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