Insufficient Quotes

132 quotes by 106 authors

In fact, the wage-price spiral is the functional counterpart of unemployment. The latter occurs when there is insufficient demand; the spiral operates when there is… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow… — Learned Hand
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. — William James
While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible… — Maimonides
In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights. — Samantha Power
Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. — George Santayana
Virtue is insufficient temptation. — George Bernard Shaw
A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet… — Sam Harris
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and… — Abraham Lincoln
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on… — Lois McMaster Bujold
With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it.… — Dean Koontz
I have found God, but he is insufficient. — Henry Miller
It is often said that reading is a gift, but to my mind that is an insufficient description, for the size of the gift of… — Daniel Handler
Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain… — Viktor E. Frankl
You have to remember. . .that for this little boy whom you have met, his life is just as important to him, as your life… — Jonathan Kozol
As far as history goes I am dead. If there is something beyond I shall have to bounce back. I have found God, but he… — Henry Miller
Every one of the world's "great" religions utterly trivializes the immensity and beauty of the cosmos. Books like the Bible and the Koran get almost… — Sam Harris
When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable. — Emile Durkheim
I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind, Am urged by your propinquity to find Your person… — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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