Modes Quotes

159 quotes by 133 authors

Education rears disciples, imitators, and routinists, not pioneers of new ideas and creative geniuses. The schools are not nurseries of progress and improvement, but conservatories… — Ludwig von Mises
By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman, or the charlatan.… — Joseph Brodsky
My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to… — Trent Reznor
Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second are… — Emile Durkheim
Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite. — Mahavira
There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends… — Jacob Epstein
The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest, especially as by… — John James Audubon
Computer monitors can operate in many different video modes. In most cases, the decision about how many pixels and colors to display is yours -… — Charles Petzold
A tendency could not but arise to reconcile with Christian profession a good many modes of life, enjoyments, occupations, social actions and customs, from which… — Robert Rainy
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far… — Thomas Babington Macaulay
The kind of support encouraged by such modes of expression has always arisen basically from confusing the fatherland itself with the social conditions which happened… — Hjalmar Branting
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. — Alexander Pope
The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the essence of religion… — Fritjof Capra
The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, aggressive, intellectualized modes that may… — Starhawk
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to… — Charles Caleb Colton
The principles and modes of governments are too important to be disregarded by an inquisitive mind and I think are well worthy a critical examination… — James Madison
I have two modes. First I get really quiet, but then I'm the complete opposite, where I'm like telling jokes. How I act depends on… — Nick Jonas
God, in eternity, exists in a dynamic mutuality co-equally and co-eternally, three 'modes of being' or 'persons' and yet one essence. It is a dynamic,… — Tobin Wilson
There are two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance. Visitors who wish to remain inconspicuousare advised to choose the latter — Fran Lebowitz

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