Index Quotes

120 Index quotes by 107 unique authors

There was nothing medieval people liked better, or did better, than sorting out and tidying up. Of all our modern inventions I suspect that they… — C.S. Lewis
Because he did not have time to read every new book in his field, the great Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski used a simple and efficient… — Neil Postman
Verily, the index finger that testifies to the oneness of Allah Azzawajal in prayer, utterly rejects to write even an alphabet, endorsing the rule of… — Sayyid Qutb
Most investors would be better off in an index fund. — Peter Lynch
All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To achieve true sustainability, we must reduce our "garbage index" - that which we permanently throw away into the environment that will not be naturally… — David Korten
I read a lot of books. Here are the books I'm using for my 9/11 project. [Wright gestures to three six-foot-long shelves of books.] As… — Lawrence Wright
As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it… — Anne Carson
Look at your hand. Its structure does not match the structure of assertions, the structure of facts. Your hand is continuous. Assertions and facts are… — Michael Frayn
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia have jumped at… — William Wallace Cook
Building a portfolio around index funds isn’t really settling for the average. It’s just refusing to believe in magic. — Bethany McLean
Language is the chief means and index of a nation's progress. — Swami Vivekananda
Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money is of first… — Richard Halverson
Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer. — Donald Knuth
Most investors, both institutional and individual, will find that the best way to own common stocks (shares') is through an index fund that charges minimal… — Warren Buffett
Where the statue stood Of Newton, with his prism and silent face, The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought… — William Wordsworth
A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes the similar nature… — Unknown Author
Women, as most susceptible, are the best index of the coming hour. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
An index is a great leveller. — George Bernard Shaw
I have always believed that hair is a very sure index of character. — Katharine Tynan
The worst kind of management seeks a single optimum, a one-scale index of efficiency, like the mindless scales of 1 to 10 for grading a… — James Fallows
The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day. — Eugene V. Debs
In the twentieth century, the repellent, harrowing disease that is made the index of a superior sensitivity, the vehicle of "spiritual" feelings and "critical" discontent,… — Susan Sontag
Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. — Natalie Merchant
To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact of… — Steven Rattner

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