Best Nearly Always Quotes
94 Nearly Always quotes by 85 unique authors
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Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual.
— Hans Jonas
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Everything has two aspects; the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only…
— Giorgio de Chirico
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It has been a fortunate fact in the modern history of physical science that the scientist constructing a new theoretical system has nearly always found…
— Unknown Author
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Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.
— Che Guevara
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Even in such a time of madness as the late twenties, a great many man in Wall Street remained quite sane. But they also remained…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure…
— Alexander Alekhine
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People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than…
— Caroline B. Cooney
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A fisherman is always hopeful -- nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to be.
— Roderick Haig-Brown
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The course hitherto pursued in musical aesthetics has nearly always been hampered by the false assumption that the object was not so much to inquire…
— Eduard Hanslick
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By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.
— Gene Sharp
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The food is excellent. The beer is cold. The sun nearly always shines. There is coffee on every corner. Life doesn’t get much better than…
— Bill Bryson
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The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always…
— John Quiggin
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To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.
— David Bronstein
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To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness of the Christian…
— Peter J. Gomes
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Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement.
— Michael Dirda
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Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.
— Wesley Morris
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Everyone threw the blame on me ... they nearly always do. I suppose ... they think I shall be able to bear it best.
— Winston Churchill
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I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And then I can't…
— Quentin Crisp
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A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always act on their…
— Dallas Willard
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Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive…
— Chieko N. Okazaki
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Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its advocates, has hardly…
— Joseph Sobran
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Reason and memory are nearly always at odds.
— Paul Auster
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In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.
— Ernest Renan
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The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals.
— Harry Golden
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