Marginal Quotes

72 quotes by 69 authors

More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first… — Gary Bauer
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. — William S. Burroughs
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty-since… — J. William Fulbright
I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And… — Al McGuire
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory.… — E. O. Wilson
The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss… — Wangari Maathai
We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process… — Henry A. Kissinger
I expect to see the State, which is in a position to calculate the marginal efficiency of capital-goods on long views and on the basis… — John Maynard Keynes
Rushing to optimize before the bottlenecks are known may be the only error to have ruined more designs than feature creep. From tortured code to… — Eric S. Raymond
A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses-Hispanically owned or otherwise-pay taxes at… — George W. Bush
I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the more trenchant and… — Don DeLillo
My doctor told me I was going to be marginal at this test and he'd given me some hope that maybe I was going to… — Doug MacDonald
I go out of my way to stay off commuter planes. I have skipped conferences because I would not fly on marginal airlines (and because… — Mary Schiavo
When we have an experience -- hearing a particular sonata, making love with a particular person, watching the sun set from a particular window of… — Daniel Gilbert
The margin is very marginal. — Bobby Robson
A Tong can perhaps be defined as a mutual benefit society for people with a common interest which is illegal or dangerously marginal - hence,… — Hakim Bey
Biology occupies a position among the sciences at once marginal and central. Marginal because-the living world constituting but a tiny and very "special" part of… — Jacques Monod
The road to hell is paved with the pursuit of volume. Volume leads to marginal products, marginal customers, and greatly increased managerial complexity. — Richard Koch
Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need… — Richard Koch
It has been calculated thatÂ one marginal win is worth $7 millionÂ andÂ we canÂ increaseÂ that by five percentÂ each yearÂ to figure out… — Max Scherzer

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