Particular Quotes

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Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases. — Abraham Lincoln
Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public… — Thomas Jefferson
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty,… — Michel de Montaigne
There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be… — Abraham Lincoln
The world is anxious to admire that apex and culmination of modern mathematics: a theorem so perfectly general that no particular application of it is… — George Polya
I'm not saying anything one way or the other about the two ballot issues. I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. Those are… — Mitt Romney
Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news. — William Westmoreland
It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate… — John Abizaid
You might argue that we have become a little too forgiving because, if a perpetrator shows up at a court-martial with a rack of ribbons… — Martin Dempsey
Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow… — Noel Coward
Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some… — Lloyd Alexander
Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular… — Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of… — Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede… — Mark Twain
If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging? Framed in a more positive light, this tells… — Mark Twain
People believe I am what they see Me as, rather than what they do not see. But I am the Great Unseen, not what I… — Neale Donald Walsch
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet the universe exists;… — Jacques Monod
Acceptance doesn't mean that you've resigned yourself to live the rest of your life with a particular person, or in a particular situation. It just… — Ken Keyes Jr.
The significance of a fact is relative to [the general body of scientific] knowledge. To say that a fact is significant in science, is to… — Bertrand Russell

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