Insufficient Quotes

132 quotes by 102 authors

Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was… — Scott Lynch
You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. — Jane Austen
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;â€”it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with… — Jane Austen
What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and… — Sam Harris
The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. — Sam Harris
The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by a… — Steven Pinker
Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such… — Iris Murdoch
School was more than academics; an education prepared you for the humdrum of real life: working with others, tempering one's personality to assimilate with the… — Melissa de la Cruz
In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life… — Iain Pears
There are no bad people, there are people with insufficient information to make appropriate decisions. — Jacque Fresco
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our… — Rene Daumal
Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of the dancer. — Sylvie Guillem
Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in… — Andreas Schleicher
Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought about some reform.… — George Soros
We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the… — Jonathan Kozol
Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by… — Chelsea Clinton
Border enforcement coupled with employer sanctions and threatening employers who hire immigration law violators is insufficient. — Jan C. Ting
The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. — Pope Benedict XVI
In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may… — William Kingdon Clifford
To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. — William Kingdon Clifford

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