Operation Quotes

527 Operation quotes by 434 unique authors

There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning, or… — George S. Patton
There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't… — Mario Savio
Nature has but one plan of operation, invariably the same in the smallest things as well as in the largest, and so often do we… — Marcello Malpighi
A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation. — Woodrow Wilson
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a… — Edmund Burke
You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation. — Irvin S. Cobb
The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength - and it will… — Malcolm X
The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to repeal [an act… — Thomas Jefferson
Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a… — Billy Graham
You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. — John Abizaid
If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I… — Bobby Knight
In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to… — Benjamin Disraeli
Remedies are slower in their operation than diseases. — Tacitus
An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single chain into a… — Linus Pauling
It is sometimes asserted that a surgical operation is or should be a work of art ... fit to rank with those of the painter… — Wilfred Trotter
The bitterness of the potion, and the abhorrence of the patient are necessary circumstances to the operation. It must be something to trouble and disturb… — Michel de Montaigne
Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the suspension of the… — Thomas Jefferson
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
This would be a tricky operation, no doubt of that, and a mistake would probably be fatal. So many things he had done over the… — Steve Perry
The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are not the outcome… — Ludwig von Mises
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must… — Francis Bacon
We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is a matter of… — Bertrand Russell
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. — Alexander Hamilton
The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo; changes according to advances in… — John Cage
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. — Sun Tzu

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