Own Devices Quotes

49 quotes by 46 authors

Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a… — Anne Lamott
Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference. — Barbara Kruger
If left to their own devices a child will achieve. — Aimee Mullins
To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks and whites are… — Jared Taylor
People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in… — Alfie Kohn
The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them. — Norman Foster
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to… — Donna Tartt
In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first place to economic fundamentalism, with… — Carlos Fuentes
My aim in photography is always to convey a mood and not to impart local information. This is not an easy matter, for the camera… — Alvin Langdon Coburn
When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilizationâ€”any kind of civilizationâ€”disappears. — Jared Taylor
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend towards… — Rod Dreher
Left to it's own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as… — Julia Cameron
Nature, left to her own devices, finds it hard to produce anything that is ugly. The work of the plant breeder should always be to… — David C.H. Austin
When you're in prison, and we're left to our own devices, you're stripped of everything, and you really get to see who these people are,… — Laura Prepon
What we said publicly is that we know that Saddam Hussein has chemical weapons, he's used them; we know about his biological weapons programs; and… — Richard Armitage
I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not… — Louis Tomlinson
Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own… — Frances O'Grady
Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life. — Catherine McCormack
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth. — Ferdinand de Saussure
I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was… — Dhani Harrison

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