Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football. — Alan Davies
The principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary. — Alan Davies
I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted. — Alan Dershowitz
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of… — Bede Griffiths
It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws. — Garet Garrett
The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the Constitution while doing… — John Garamendi
We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort.… — Harry S. Truman
As for modern journalism, it is not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival… — Oscar Wilde
The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be said to have… — Charles Babbage
Physicists often quote from T. H. White's epic novel The Once and Future King, where a society of ants declares, "Everything not forbidden is compulsory."… — Michio Kaku
And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers of wood and… — David Brewster
There can be no ultimate statements science: there can be no statements in science which can not be tested, and therefore none which cannot in… — Karl Popper
To live in the universe of high modernity is to live in an environment of chance and risk, the ineveitable concomitants of a system geared… — Anthony Giddens
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself, a moral discipline… — Antonio Gramsci
From the moment we are born our culture encourages us to believe that outer well-being is the source of inner fulfillment ... Wherever we turn… — Russell Peters
And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from… — Hippocrates
Both life-planning and the adoption of lifestyle options become (in principle) integrated with bodily regimes. It would be quite short-sighted to see this phenomenon only… — Anthony Giddens
Buckminster Fuller himself was fond of stating that what seems to be happening at the moment is never the full story of what is really… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Sometimes we're actually right when we go with our gut and stand on principle in supporting underdog candidates. — Sarah Palin
Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty. — John Bytheway
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that. — Bill Keller
To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of… — Johannes Peter Muller
So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center… — Kathy Mattea
I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole… — Alex Kapranos
Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that… — Dennis Kucinich

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