Prevailing Quotes

154 quotes by 141 authors

Long-term, I see robotics prevailing on the moon. . . . The most important decision we'll have to make about space travel is whether to… — Buzz Aldrin
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions. — Richard Posner
According to the prevailing mythology, to be younger is to be better; therefore, we should expect to find young people in the majority of those… — Gail Sheehy
The prevailing attitude towards nature is that form of heresy which denies substance and, in doing so, denies the rightfulness of creation. We have said… — Richard M. Weaver
Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it… — Charles Spurgeon
When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported… — Claude Bernard
The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions. — John Philip Sousa
Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the… — Edmund Burke
Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture instead… — John Stott
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther
Prevailing prayer requires a tender, compassionate heart, a deep solicitude for the glory of God and the good of His people. Nehemiah wept and mourned. — Arthur Wallis
The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a… — Saul
...Prevent postal investigators from aggressively interfering with, or closing, a commercial enterprise merely because it has been deemed not to adhere to the prevailing body… — Vin Weber
The strong are always free by virtue of their superior strength. So long as government is a mere contest as to which of two parties… — Lysander Spooner
Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the… — John Stuart Mill
We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution to fight to… — Mao Zedong
Like the priestly cult of the Middle Ages, the modern priestly cult of "scientific" psychotherapists exist overwhelmingly to stultify or blunt a too-acute insight into… — Kenny Smith
Diversity worship and multiculturalism are currency and cause for celebration at just about any college. If one is black, brown, yellow or white, the prevailing… — Walter E. Williams
There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of law and respectability… — Victor Hugo
The prevailing view is that the easy way to stimulate economic growth is to have a low currency. — Gary Cohn

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