Partly Quotes

401 Partly quotes by 361 unique authors

It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or… — Mary Douglas
To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment. — Sally Schneider
... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and online… — Kenneth Rogoff
We cannot tell some people what it is believe, partly because they are too stupid to understand, partly because we are too proudly vague to… — Robert Frost
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor — H. L. Mencken
Some of us are darkness lovers. We do not dislike the early and late daylight of June, but we cherish the increasing dark of November,… — Donald Hall
Recycling is more expensive for communities than it needs to be, partly because traditional recycling tries to force materials into more lifetimes than they are… — William McDonough
Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that's largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and… — Richard Branson
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.] — Christian Nestell Bovee
In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public. — Clay Shirky
I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath. — Jack Steinberger
Parental love is not contingent on the talents and attributes the child happens to have. We choose our friends and spouses at least partly on… — Michael Sandel
Unfortunately, satisfaction is linked partly to results — Emma Pooley
Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident. — Ken Macrorie
It is my belief, based partly on personal experience but partly also arrived at by looking around at others, that childhood lasts considerably longer in… — Lewis Thomas
When the most learned evolutionists can give neither the how nor the why, the marvels seem to show that adaptation is inexplicable. Yet those who… — Norman Macbeth
I Don't Think There's A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I'm Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is… — Jerry Garcia
I think seeing happens partly through the eyes, but not entirely. — Wim Wenders
I do not think it is logical to try and outsmart the smartest people. Instead, my weapons are irony and paradox. The joy of life… — Hugh Jackman
The Bible is to the theologian what nature is to the scientist, a body of unorganized, or only partly organized facts. God has not seen… — Henry Clarence Thiessen

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