Non Quotes
1999 Non quotes by 1380 unique authors
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No one has a monopoly on knowledge the way that, say, IBM had in the 1960s in computing, or that Bell Labs had through the…
— Henry Chesbrough
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I have been probing the arguments for global warming for well over a decade. In collaboration with a lot of excellent coauthors I have consistently…
— Ross McKitrick
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Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred,…
— Gautama Buddha
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Nothing on earth can resist an absolutely non-resistant person.
— Florence Scovel Shinn
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All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.
— Hyman Rickover
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One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the Congress passed the…
— John F. Kennedy
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A Johns Hopkins doctor says that 'we do not know why it is that the worriers die sooner than the non-worriers, but that is a…
— E. Stanley Jones
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Well, I think I'm not a non-believer, and I'm not a believer. But, on the other hand, I couldn't give you a good enough reason…
— Michael Keaton
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Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.
— Unknown Author
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I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that…
— Fred Astaire
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One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of…
— Emile Durkheim
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It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes
— Publilius Syrus
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Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some…
— Ezra Pound
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Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means ... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of…
— Kingsley Amis
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Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.
— Gottfried Leibniz
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The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no 'dark comedy' inbox…
— Gus Van Sant
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To let them share in the highest offices is to take a risk; inevitably, their unjust standards will cause them to commit injustice, and their…
— Aristotle
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Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal…
— Francis Parker Yockey
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At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Missionary work will never be what it might be without the help of the members. Stake presidents need to feel some responsibility and ownership of…
— James E. Faust
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In the sublime days before 11 September 2001, when the powerful were routinely attacking and terrorising the weak, and those dying were black or brown-skinned…
— John Pilger
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When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or the ordination of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not…
— Charlie Chaplin
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If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them…
— Jung Chang
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Theres another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be…
— Saul Alinsky
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