Instances Quotes

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Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in… — Bob Beauprez
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious… — Felix Adler
The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City… — Candace Bushnell
The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change. — Hillary Clinton
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman
We have seen numerous instances in which American businesses have brought in foreign skilled workers after having laid off skilled American workers, simply because they… — Ronald Reagan
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances. — Mark Twain
The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by contrary evidence, or which detect… — David Hume
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which… — George Washington
And it is not difficult to show, by abundant instances, that to extend the bounds of what may be called moral police, until it encroaches… — John Stuart Mill
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by… — Martin Gardner
If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see clearly what it… — George Polya
History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances. — Will Durant
There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest,… — James Madison
Astrology is a fact, in most instances. But astrological aspects are but signs, symbols. No influence is of greater value or of greater help than… — Edgar Cayce
But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration; and we shall… — David Hume
Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more pretentious and popular than that… — Arthur Lynch
Good and bad luck is a synonym in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment. — John Lyman Chatfield

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