Operative Quotes

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I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,' or 'Nobody under… — Margaret Atwood
The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative… — Tucker Carlson
The thing that hasn't changed, and I don't think will ever change, is that the operative word in music is "play." You have to have… — Hans Zimmer
I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution; because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature. I see the need for… — Jonas Salk
Co-operative enterprises provide the organisational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating productive… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of… — Francis Bacon
True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We are (most of us) embedded in an exceedingly complex network of social relationships, many of which are vital to our well-being. Every day we… — Peter Corning
The laws of nature may be operative up to a certain limit, beyond which they turn against themselves to give birth to the absurd. — Albert Camus
Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of the very rottenness… — Saint Augustine
Men who cannot exploit the co-operative benefits derived from institutions in modern knowledge economies are discriminated against by girls and so have fewer children — Christopher Wills
Any law that takes hold of a mans daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in… — Henry Ward Beecher
The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that… — James Carville
Nothing-was more degrading than for a woman to have to marry for a home. Love should be the sole reason. Surely those with a brain-to… — Vida Goldstein
Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be… — Barbara Sher
When we shift from negatively complaining to positively affirming, conditions change. Then complaining is no longer the operative law in our life-freedom is. — Michael Beckwith
We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding up of oneself… — Neal A. Maxwell
We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left with any confidence… — Hunter S. Thompson
State ownership and control is not necessarily Socialism - if it were, then the Army, the Navy, the Police, the Judges, the Gaolers, the Informers,… — James Connolly
Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement can help pave… — Kofi Annan

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