Primary Quotes

959 Primary quotes by 761 unique authors

We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process. — Mark Batterson
Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions. — Alfred Hitchcock
The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines. — Richard Rohr
I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I… — Robert A. Heinlein
The primary and most beautiful of nature's qualities is motion — Marquis de Sade
If God has created the world, his primary worry was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us — Albert Einstein
We must always bear in mind that the primary purpose of our work, is not to get persons to join the church or to give… — Reuben Archer Torrey
The sense of smell in all dogs is their primary doorway to the world around them. — Robert Crais
I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their… — Harold S. Kushner
God's aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious… — Dallas Willard
Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations. — Emily Post
In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given trouble;… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
The Most Secret Quintessence of Life is an original work filled with rich, new research, relying on important primary literature which has not, until now,… — Anne Fausto-Sterling
Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of… — Jeremy Rifkin
A leader always has one major message, and this weaves into everything he or she does. It remains the primary focus. A leader is to… — Phil Pringle
The Christian Theology Reader brings the best primary sources to the theological inquirer. — Gabriel Fackre
We are afraid that our adult sexuality will somehow damage our kids, that itâ€™s inappropriate or dangerous. But whom are we protecting? Children who see… — Esther Perel
If you donâ€™t believe in your product, or if youâ€™re not consistent and regular in the way you promote it, the odds of succeeding go… — Jay Conrad Levinson
Phones with numerical keypads worked best for dialing phone calls. Incidentally, phone calls tend to be the primary function of a phone. 'Smartphones' completely ignore… — Ashly Lorenzana
My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity. — Dana Snyder

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