Prevalent Quotes

89 Prevalent quotes by 82 unique authors

Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk,… — Warren Buffett
A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion. — Frederick Scott Oliver
The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty-the… — Eugene O'Neill
Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today. — Mark Morris
I think the part of media that romanticizes criminal behavior, things that a person will say against women, profanity, being gangster, having multiple children with… — Bill Cosby
But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the… — Armistead Maupin
If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions… — Ralph Merkle
I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
As many know, brain injury comes in many forms. The two most prevalent brain injuries - stroke and trauma - affect more than 2.2 million… — Allyson Schwartz
Once Google is selected to run the infrastructure on which we are changing the world, Google will be there for ever. Democratic accountability will not… — Evgeny Morozov
The 'looking forward' so prevalent in the late 1990s was bound to end once the new millennium began. Like some others of that era, I… — Douglas Rushkoff
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present… — Nawal El Saadawi
It's been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering back to home.… — Thomas Pynchon
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. — William James
People sometimes imagine that just because they have access to so many newspapers, radio and TV channels, they will get an infinity of different opinions.… — Amin Maalouf
Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be especially prevalent among… — Jon Krakauer
The disappearance of theology from the life of the Church, and the orchestration of that disappearance by some of its leaders, is hard to miss… — David F. Wells
The phytochemicals, antioxidants, and fiber- all of the healthful components of plant foods- originate in plants, not animals. If they are present, it is because… — Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Comparing the three domains, I found that for jobs of all kinds, emotional competencies were twice as prevalent among distinguishing competencies as were technical skills… — Daniel Goleman
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by the removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease,… — Ambrose Bierce
Snohetta promotes a more democratic workplace atmosphere than most other architectural offices. This may merely reflect prevalent employment practices in Scandinavia, but Snohetta places a… — Martin Filler
George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him… — Adam McKay
One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening… — Henry Rollins
Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty. — Helene D. Gayle
In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty. — Seamus Heaney

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