Index Quotes

120 quotes by 113 authors

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. — Julie Burchill
All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of money and time to persuade… — Germaine Greer
The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole… — John Donne
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. — Tobias Smollett
Science always goes abreast with the just elevation of the man, keeping step with religion and metaphysics; or, the state of science is an index… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any… — John Ruskin
And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and… — Miguel de Cervantes
There was a time when intellectual meant someone who uses reason and intellect. Today, people who call themselves intellectuals are in a form of mental… — Bill Whittle
It's 2006, why are they still using the index finger? — Karl Pilkington
It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just… — Steve Carlton
To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly… — Steve Carlton
Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human endeavor. — Avital Ronell
Discipline is an index to doctrine. — Tertullian
A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
In the index to the six hundred odd pages of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History, abridged version, the names of Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes and… — Arthur Koestler
I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs. — Mary Wesley
By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals. — Warren Buffett
Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction, an interpretive essay,… — Harvey Mansfield
The last thing the consumer index wants men and women to do is to figure out how to love one another: The $1.5 trillion retail-sales… — Naomi Wolf
One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own… — Maurice Strong

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