Narrowly Quotes

51 Narrowly quotes by 51 unique authors

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround… — Igor Stravinsky
We prepare to die by pushing ourselves to love less narrowly. In that sense, readying ourselves for death is really an ever-widening entry into life. — Ronald Rolheiser
It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all… — H. L. Mencken
History, insofar as it accustoms human beings to comprehend the whole of the past and to hasten forward with its conclusions into the far future,… — Friedrich Schiller
When I'm working, I'm so narrowly focused on sound, language, rhythm, flow, that I rarely feel the emotion of the text. It's only after -… — Taiye Selasi
The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known… — Barry Commoner
I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly… — Eben Alexander
Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side. — George Eliot
The artist dreams of works of real breadth; but, limited by his personality and the nature of his medium, limited by inner disturbances and loss… — Eric Maisel
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful, the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround… — Richard Diebenkorn
And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this class… — Angela Davis
I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human… — Muhammad Yunus
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater… — H.G. Wells
They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They… — Michael Crichton
Anthony Bridgerton leaned back in his leather chair,and then announced, "I'm thinking about getting married." Benedict Bridgerton, who had been indulging in a habit his… — Julia Quinn
Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate… — Robertson Davies
He had had a severe shock some weeks earlier, when, having narrowly failed to capture a large grey-brown hare for his dinner, it had stopped… — Neil Gaiman
Why's it so sunny?" she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. "I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy," he said. — J D Salinger
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it. — Mary Ritter Beard
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots.… — J. William Fulbright
A lot of my colleagues have been people with broad interests in economics, not just narrowly focused interests. — Lars Peter Hansen
I worry about growing income inequality. But I worry even more that the discussion is too narrowly focused. I worry that our outrage at the… — Sendhil Mullainathan
I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of… — Theodore Bikel
I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national… — Ban Ki-moon
Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused. — Ha-Joon Chang

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