Introduction Quotes

274 quotes by 183 authors

• By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it… — Alexander Hamilton
• When I get a very generous introduction like that I explain that I'm emotionally moved, but on the other hand I'm Irish and the Irish… — Barry McCaffrey
• The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices… — Alexander Hamilton
• Do you suppose I could buy back my introduction to you? — Groucho Marx
• My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor. — Skylar Astin
• Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless, even radical judge of the… — Edward Abbey
• Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible… — Plato
• For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without… — Plato
• History is a kind of introduction to more interesting people than we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not neglect the opportunity. — Dexter Perkins
• At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me… — William Banting
• Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of the Christ just might be the best short introduction to Biblical scholarship yet. — David Bergland
• The introduction of the cipher 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years… — Alexander Grothendieck
• But with the Industrial Revolution and introduction of various industrial techniques for purifying sugar, we have a situation in which what we are consuming is… — Marvin Harris
• Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction, an interpretive essay,… — Harvey Mansfield
• The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that… — Richard Whately
• The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available,with a view to mitigating the predominance of… — John Maynard Keynes
• For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. — Arthur Machen
• My first introduction to chemistry came at a quite early age through my mother's elder brother. — Geoffrey Wilkinson
• The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a reveling in humiliations… — Christopher Ricks
• Much later, when I discussed the problem with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever made… — George Gamow

Who Wrote These Introduction Quotes

183 authors contributed a total of 274 Introduction Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 77 Introduction Quotes by Frederick Lenz
• 4 Introduction Quotes by Mak_786
• 3 Introduction Quotes by Mark Twain
• 2 Introduction Quotes by A A Milne
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Arthur Machen
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Camille Paglia
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Peter Sotos
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Plato
• 2 Introduction Quotes by Orson Scott Card
• 1 Introduction Quote by David Bergland
• 1 Introduction Quote by W. Edwards Deming
• 1 Introduction Quote by Ozzy Osbourne
• 1 Introduction Quote by Julie James
• 1 Introduction Quote by Benjamin Tucker
• 1 Introduction Quote by Alexander Grothendieck
• 1 Introduction Quote by Peter Welch
• 1 Introduction Quote by Chris Hughes
• 1 Introduction Quote by Harry Shearer
• 1 Introduction Quote by Marvin Harris
• 1 Introduction Quote by Bill Hybels
• 1 Introduction Quote by Townsend Harris