Performs Quotes

104 quotes by 95 authors

Philosophy is a goddess, whose head indeed is in heaven, but whose feet are upon earth; she attempts more than she accomplishes, and promises more… — Charles Caleb Colton
An author arrives at a good style when his language performs what is required of it without shyness. — Cyril Connolly
Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the… — Pope John Paul II
claiming that the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining, blowing the tops off mountains to get at the coal beneath, performs the "necessary" function of… — Joseph Conrad
Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is a fluid but fragile entity. Beyond a certain threshold, the more that is asked of it, the… — Tom Vanderbilt
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love… — Vincent Van Gogh
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or… — Calvin Coolidge
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to… — Naveen Jain
James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word 'folksinger' referred to. He writes and sings songs that are reflections of his… — Jon Landau
Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs. — Bill Nighy
One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently. — Manuel Puig
The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the… — Leland Stanford
So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act. — Edward Thorndike
In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever. — Niklaus Wirth
God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs — William Cowper
Every true faith is infallible. It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for… — Friedrich Nietzsche
This inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. Physical quietness seems the easiest to achieve, although there are levels and levels of… — Robert M. Pirsig
For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the… — Walter Scott
You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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