Primary Quotes

959 Primary quotes by 761 unique authors

My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian. — Alan Garner
When X-rays traverse matter of any kind, this matter becomes a source of a radiation similar in character to that of the primary radiation falling… — Charles Glover Barkla
In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history. — Catherine Jinks
My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural Norfolk. In primary… — Adam Rayner
Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims. — King Felipe VI
For Pocketbook Environmentalists, financial savings are the primary motivator. However Pocketbook Environmentalists are changing the face of the market and the planet for the better… — Lynn Jurich
The Hamas organization is explicitly dedicated to the destruction of Israel. That is not a rhetorical gimmick; it is its declared unwavering primary goal. — James Howard Kunstler
What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material. — Theresa Breslin
Personally, I believe that government, rather than money, tends to be the primary factor limiting the development of new technologies. — Charles Platt
Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. — Charles Eames
I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue… — Ed Rendell
I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design. — Yukihiro Matsumoto
So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as… — Richard Rogers
Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further… — Chuck Schumer
The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great… — Harold Edward Holt
My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together… — Wayne Wonder
Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice. — Janine Turner
They greatly respected scholarship in itself, but they also impressed upon us that there were great opportunities available for those who were well educated. I… — Jerome Isaac Friedman
It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem… — Kevin Kelly
You know, this is not about endorsements in the primary. We have to get through a primary first. — Katherine Harris
Primary care must never be seen simply as a set of organisational structures. — John Hutton
Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which… — Gottfried Leibniz
When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until… — Gottfried Leibniz
I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in… — Robert Casey
It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain… — Hans-Georg Gadamer

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