Primary Quotes

959 Primary quotes by 761 unique authors

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. — Sigmund Freud
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots. — Newt Gingrich
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. — Stephen Covey
Your primary presumption that The Bridge was proffered as an epic has no substantial foundation. You know quite well that I doubt that our present… — Hart Crane
Money has never been my primary goal. — Bryan Cranston
Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various… — Angela Davis
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. — Albert Einstein
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others. — Larry Ellison
The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of… — Jane Fonda
I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy. — Lord Hailsham
I'm very sensitive. Because my mum was my primary emotional caregiver growing up, I found myself being pinned into dresses, darting her dresses, choosing her… — Tom Hardy
We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility… — Stephen Harper
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure. — Sydney J. Harris
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. — Patrick Henry
It's not at all good when your cancer is 'palpable' from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn't even know where the… — Christopher Hitchens
What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black… — Bell Hooks
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my… — Jim Jarmusch
I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do. — Steve Jobs
Processionalism is primary - how you get from one place to another, the relationships and effects of spaces as you move about in them. That's… — Philip Johnson
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have… — Abdul Kalam
I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade and fifth grade. I'd love to spend several years teaching… — Jonathan Kozol
The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people… — Jonathan Kozol
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis. — Karl Kraus
Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection. — Kenneth Scott Latourette

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