Lay Claim Quotes
19 quotes by 19 authors
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To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two…
— Albert Camus
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Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded…
— Immanuel Kant
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The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim…
— Alva Myrdal
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Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession.
— Phil Plait
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No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which…
— Calvin Coolidge
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As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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People - I mean couples - don't like to talk much about fighting. It's not attractive. No one likes to admit it or describe it…
— Lidia Yuknavitch
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Only when he has published his ideas and findings has the scientist made his contribution, and only when he has thus made it part of…
— Robert K. Merton
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I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay…
— Mark Z. Danielewski
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If God exists, how can we lay claim to freedom, since He is its beginning and its end?
— Elie Wiesel
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Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful…
— Thomas Frank
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We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and…
— Carl Jung
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I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.
— Emily Dickinson
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Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.
— James A. Owen
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There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride,…
— Charles Dickens
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In eleven or twelve years of writing, Mike, I can lay claim to at least this: I have never written beneath myself. I have never…
— Rod Serling
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How folks lay claim to a loved one is they give you a name of their own. They figure to label you as their property.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push…
— Stella Blum
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It might be tough, but if you don't have something you can believe in, you don't have anything. If you don't stand for something, you…
— DrAnil Kr Sinha
Who Wrote These Lay Claim Quotes
19 authors contributed a total of 19 Lay Claim Quotes as follows: