Prevails Quotes

155 quotes by 144 authors

I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent… — Ann Druyan
A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the… — Milan Kundera
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or… — James Madison
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity. — Lucy Powell
Truth is powerful and it prevails. — Sojourner Truth
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy.… — George Washington
Television is our culture's principal mode of knowing about itself. Therefore -- and this is the critical point -- how television stages the world becomes… — Neil Postman
I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her. There a different… — Henry David Thoreau
I would give a woman not more rights, but more privileges. Instead of sending her to seek such freedom as notoriously prevails in banks and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS. — Winston Churchill
there isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails. — Raymond Carver
Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for ever… — C.S. Lewis
Evil prevails when good people do nothing. — Erin Gruwell
We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment.… — Francine Rivers
Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit… — Dave Pelzer
With a keen eye for details, one truth prevails! — Gosho Aoyama
Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in… — Nicholas Sparks
You count snouts,â€ Straha said. â€œWhichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not… — Harry Turtledove
Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else... 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins.… — B.F. Skinner

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