Operations Quotes
822 quotes by 646 authors
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I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature-inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. And yet when we look into any…
— John Muir
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The democratic process on which this nation was founded should not be restricted to the political process, but should be applied to the industrial operation…
— Albert Gallatin
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The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent…
— Frank Church
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Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves…
— Walt Disney
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If any spiritualistic medium can do stunts, there is no more need for special conditions than there is for a chemist to turn down lights,…
— Charles Fort
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Of course, one of the main legitimate functions of thought has always been to help provide security, guaranteeing shelter and food for instance. However, this…
— David
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Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual…
— Thomas Aquinas
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You are not content with the vast millions of tribute we pay you annually under the operation of our revenue law, our navigation laws, your…
— John Henninger Reagan
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In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation during a single year, or…
— Henry Clay
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Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,…
— Saint Basil
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The study of letters is the study of the operation of human force, of human freedom and activity; the study of nature is the study…
— Matthew Arnold
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Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty…
— John Herschel
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There are two principles on which all men of intellectual integrity and good will can agree, as a 'basic minimum,' as a precondition of any…
— Ayn Rand
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Bypass surgery, angioplasty,and even diagnostic angiograms are so over used that, in my opinion, it constitutes criminal behaviour by the cardiologists and surgeons involved. Well…
— Julian Whitaker
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We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation…
— Dalai Lama
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The epithet beautiful is used by surgeons to describe operations which their patients describe as ghastly, by physicists to describe methods of measurement which leave…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Think about this some of us actively fighting to remove Saddam Hussein don't agree with the cause themselves, but they're doing their duty. And it…
— Bill O'Reilly
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The secondary Imagination I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the…
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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