Placing Quotes

184 quotes by 172 authors

Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain is not our… — Ariel Dorfman
I had the unique experience the next day: placing sixteen bolts in a row. It was just blank and there was no way around. But… — Royal Robbins
Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has. — Randolph Bourne
Thoughtfully assessing and addressing enterprise risk and placing a high value on corporate transparency can protect the one thing we cannot afford to lose: trust. — Dale E. Jones
The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside, placing his hand… — James Longstreet
If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idol remains still enthroned; because we still insist in placing our reliance in human… — Jonathan Goforth
Deconstruction seems to offer a way out of the closure of knowledge. By inaugurating the open-ended indefiniteness of textuality-by thus 'placing in the abyss' (mettre… — Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
You flip through it and say, 'I'd like to have that product and I'd like to have a person like that. It is You placing… — Joe Vitale
You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to eliminate risk but… — Roger Martin
With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placing me in this group of achievers. I compared… — Jared Diamond
Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of a new hierarchy… — Murray Rothbard
Placing 'amicable' and 'separation' together creates an oxymoron - we don't usually decide to end a partnership until the very sight of our soon-to-be ex… — Mariella Frostrup
In Scripture, faith involves placing trust in what you have reason to believe is true. Faith is not a blind, irrational leap into the dark.… — J.P. Moreland
Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied… — Paul David Tripp
By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority. — Gene Sharp
Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of… — Khalil Gibran
The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity… — Mark Hatfield
There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does not know, one discovers that no one… — Robert Ardrey
Black History Month is dedicated to heroes that paved the way for Black people. It's a month that's very imperative because it gives those who… — Alana Beard
There are just four kinds of bets. There are good bets, bad bets, bets that you win, and bets that you lose. Winning a bad… — Larry Hite

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