Portion Quotes
474 quotes by 389 authors
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The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and a portion of…
— Isham G. Harris
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I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence - as well as…
— Albert Einstein
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If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is…
— John Calvin
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For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.
— David Ricardo
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
— J C Ryle
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Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather your manna fresh…
— J C Ryle
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You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of…
— Robert Jordan
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The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely…
— Henry Morton Stanley
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A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.
— Thomas Hood
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When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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I take higher ground. I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other…
— John C. Calhoun
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It would be well for those interested to reflect whether there now exists, or ever has existed, a wealthy and civilized community in which one…
— John C. Calhoun
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Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still…
— Hyman Rickover
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September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to…
— Bill Frist
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By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.
— Ray Kurzweil
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As you go out to the 2040s, now the bulk of our thinking is out in the cloud. The biological portion of our brain didn't…
— Ray Kurzweil
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In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses,…
— Tacitus
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Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision!
— Sam Houston
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It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and…
— Donald Judd
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There will be a shifting of the poles. There will be upheavals in the Arctic and the Antarctic that will make fotr the eruption of…
— Edgar Cayce
Who Wrote These Portion Quotes
389 authors contributed a total of 474 Portion Quotes, led by these top contributors: