Lay Quotes

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To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty… — John Stuart Mill
Resolve that you will now lay aside all else and concentrate upon the attainment of conscious unity with God. — Wallace D. Wattles
Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all things, see to… — Wallace D. Wattles
...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Science has explored the microcosmos and the macrocosmos; we have a good sense of the lay of the land. The great unexplored frontier is complexity. — Heinz Pagels
Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to be a genius. You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems… — Gian-Carlo Rota
The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay… — Alphonsus Liguori
Lay aside all conceit Learn to read the book of Nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread… — Louis Agassiz
She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The real difference of interests, lay not between large and small, but between the Northern and Southern states. The institution of slavery and its consequences… — James Madison
The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form… — Benjamin Rush
There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no mistake… — Mark Ruffalo
Ready-to-Halt, Poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your favorite haunt. There build a tabernacle,… — Charles Spurgeon
Let me lay my cards on the table. If I were to give an award for the single best idea anyone ever had, I'd give… — Daniel Dennett
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all… — Thomas Paine
When you come back to God for pardon and salvation, come with all you have to lay all at his feet. Come with your body,… — Charles Grandison Finney
Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ. — William Carey
Superfluous money buys wasted time, propelling desires that otherwise lay buried beneath the feet of honest toil. — Cyril Smith
Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial or even laughable, you'll sail calmly past obstacles… — Robert D. Maurer

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