Possesses Quotes
393 quotes by 305 authors
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No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and…
— E. O. Wilson
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After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people. The productivity of that capital depends on how effectively people…
— Andrew Carnegie
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No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He,…
— James Burgh
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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
— Malcolm Cowley
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Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the…
— Pio of Pietrelcina
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The total quantity of all the forces capable of work in the whole universe remains eternal and unchanged throughout all their changes. All change in…
— Hermann von Helmholtz
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For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is from the same race as the base color,…
— Yves Klein
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The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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In its most primitive form, life is, therefore, no longer bound to the cell, the cell which possesses structure and which can be compared to…
— Unknown Author
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A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, repute possesses you when you have taken the scrape and…
— Charles Edward Montague
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Such pretensions to nicety in experiments of this nature, are truly laughable! They will be telling us some day of the WEIGHT of the MOON,…
— Unknown Author
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The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state: it belongs not…
— Unknown Author
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We cannot be sure that we ought not to regard the most criminal country as that which in some aspects possesses the highest civilization.
— Havelock Ellis
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Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens and vanishes, as…
— J F C Fuller
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Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that…
— Vince Lombardi
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No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which…
— Al-Ghazali
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Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.
— Samuel Johnson
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Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters…
— David A. Kolb
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There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found,…
— Tommy Franks
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