Paucity Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them. — Samuel Johnson
The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity of… — Herbert Spencer
I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate on such subjects… — Blaise Pascal
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from… — Bertrand Russell
Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities. — Eric Hoffer
It is an understatement to say that the time has arrived for a serious and open international dialogue regarding the possibility of future interplanetary relations.… — Steven M. Greer
You know in politics you are dealing in the realm of choices. You don't always have clear-cut decision between a thoroughly principled position and a… — Peter Costello
The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of data does not… — George Saunders
Chaos is but unperceived order; it is a word indicating the limitations of the human mind and the paucity of observational facts. The words â€˜chaos,â€™… — Harlow Shapley
I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of… — Dennis Lindley
Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around. — Tony Kushner
The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation. — Norman Mailer
The idea, therefore, that religious faith is somehow a sacred human conventionâ€”distinguished, as it is, both by the extravagance of its claims and by the… — Sam Harris
Ooo ahe-e, I aya oa a," she said in yawnspeak, a language - not unlike Hawaiian - known for its paucity of consonants. — Christopher Moore
Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of… — Charles Darwin
The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and the Cebuanos. — F. Sionil Jose
One who has desire to work has plenty of times. One who has no desire to work laments for paucity of time. — DrAnil Kr Sinha
If you really want to do something, you have way,if you dont you find an excuse.Those who have desire to work, have plenty of time,… — DrAnil Kr Sinha

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