Possesses Quotes

393 quotes by 305 authors

Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good… — Scott Pelley
Walter Beasley is an anomaly: a successful performing musician who possesses the rare skill of understanding the musical process beyond the intuitive. This special ability… — Branford Marsalis
The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of the printed text… — Douglas Groothuis
What sort of power is it that really and truly renders the deity present? Human beings automatically think of God as someone who possesses and… — Jon Sobrino
A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities. — Nuno Oliveira
The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and… — William James
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the… — Abdul Kalam
The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans become indistinguishable),… — Unknown Author
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. — Madame de Stael
If NATURE has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an… — Thomas Jefferson
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises… — Plato
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting. — Albert Einstein
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will… — Baron de Montesquieu
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. — Sophocles
Snakes and monkeys are subjected to the demon more than other animals. Satan lives in them and possesses them. He uses them to deceive men… — Martin Luther
The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever… — Alexander Graham Bell
The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the… — Alexander Graham Bell
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. — Hans Kung

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