Institutions Quotes
1523 quotes by 1061 authors
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London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.
— David Attenborough
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although…
— John James Audubon
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When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect…
— Drew Barrymore
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An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human…
— Clara Barton
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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
— Gary Bauer
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As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.
— Pierre Beaumarchais
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What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of…
— Ruth Benedict
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FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest…
— Felix Adler
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Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.
— Annie Besant
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Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. God wanted Adam to pay alimony…
— Lewis Black
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What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can…
— William Blake
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Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.
— John Boehner
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Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi…
— Bono
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An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family…
— David Bowie
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for…
— Eli Broad
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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the…
— James Buchan
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We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
— Warren Buffett
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We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the…
— Martin Van Buren
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