Instances Quotes

211 Instances quotes by 172 unique authors

I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances.… — Christine Lagarde
The improbability of a malicious story serves but to help forward the currency of it, because it increases the scandal. So that, in such instances,… — Laurence Sterne
There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don't really believe what they say, that they say certain things… — John Lukacs
I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute. — Paul Klee
The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but… — Ernst Mayr
I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The general impression of… — Steve Odland
There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances… — Norman Vincent Peale
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every… — John Hancock
In most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character - or all three. Therefore, the… — Walt Disney
The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder… — Gideon Welles
You cannot will yourself to be happy while believing that you have no right to happiness, or that you are unworthy of it. You cannot… — Jane Roberts
The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems an already overfull… — Desmond Tutu
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be… — Criss Jami
There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth… — Charles Caleb Colton
The pain of depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no… — William Styron
I have sometimes thought there could be no stronger testimony in favor of Religion or against temporal Enjoyments even the most rational and manly than… — James Madison
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects,… — Benjamin Franklin
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. — Jack Kevorkian
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by… — James Madison
Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning. — Donald Rumsfeld

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