Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

I don't believe in the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. Imagine going to the dentist, sitting in the chair and he says, 'I'm… — Tony Benn
One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when… — Tom Hodgkinson
What need had the businessman to scribble or philosophize when he dominated the imagination of his time and the frantic materialism that was his principle… — Alfred Kazin
I loved the audacity of that American principle which says. When life gets tainted or goes stale, junk it! Leave it behind! Go West! — Jonathan Raban
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life… — Kafu Nagai
That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves… — Joseph Warren
I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have… — Sathya Sai Baba
Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare. — Friedrich List
I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the… — Adam Osborne
The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception,… — Charles W. Pickering
We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography. — Michael Polanyi
To me there's nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different… — Trevor Phillips
Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. — Rudy Rucker
Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly… — Steven Rattner
What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America… — L. Neil Smith
In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance… — Frederick Lenz
Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to work out, in… — Frederick Lenz
If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature… — Michael Shannon
On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors. — Aisha Tyler
A person whose skin is metallic can no more have its reproduction restricted than a black-skinned person. Regarding life as a form of machinery and… — Frank J. Tipler
Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show. — Major Taylor
Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand the principle of… — Maximus the Confessor
In an information economy, entrepreneurs master the science of information in order to overcome the laws of the purely physical sciences. They can succeed because… — George Gilder
The life that we see on our small planet is not necessarily a great reflection of the entire universe. The people are beautiful, but they… — Frederick Lenz
Prana is an element of energy. Energy is a manifestation of a certain principle which in Indian cosmology they call shakti, or spiritual power. Don't… — Frederick Lenz

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