Received Quotes

1105 quotes by 896 authors

I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book. — Kate DiCamillo
I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992. — J. Philippe Rushton
Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with many,… — Edwin Percy Whipple
As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive... The unexpected is usually not received at all. — Peter Drucker
What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I do not stand here before you as a self-righteous saint who has achieved spiritual perfection, but as a sinner who has received Jesus into… — Thomas J. Paprocki
John declared that "Christ received not of the fulness at the first," but that he "continued from grace to grace until he received a fulnesss… — Alma P Burton
True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people. — Y. C. James Yen
In Heaven, a lot of things will be different, but many things are going to be the same, enough so that we'll still be able… — David Berg
Those of us who have received Jesus Christ as our Saviour and our Lover and our King already have the Garden of Eden and Paradise… — David Berg
... faithfully and strenuously you should resist the heretics in defense of the only true and life-giving faith, which the Church has received - the… — Pope Clement I
I was born in a suburb outside of Philadelphia called Lower Merion. After taking many leaves of absence, I just received my BA from NYU… — Gideon Glick
He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is… — Seneca the Younger
Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that… — Leo Tolstoy
A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have received the information that it exists. — R. Buckminster Fuller
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of… — Ambrose Bierce
gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected. — Ambrose Bierce
The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour. — Andrew Carnegie
A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the… — Jules Verne
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority. — Margaret Benson

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