Reference Quotes

431 quotes by 384 authors

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that… — Helen Mirren
Progress is measured by milestones. What many good people lack are markers that might tell them how they are actually doing. Goals can become a… — Neal A. Maxwell
Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone... What Apple risks here is its reputation as a hot company that can do no wrong. If… — John C. Dvorak
Only when he has published his ideas and findings has the scientist made his contribution, and only when he has thus made it part of… — Robert K. Merton
But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual,… — William O. Douglas
Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or… — Zach Wamp
The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference… — Angelo Scola
The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of… — Carlos Castaneda
The primitive thinking of the supernaturally inclined amounts to what his psychiatric colleagues call a problem, or an idea, of reference. An excess of the… — Ian Mcewan
Lincoln's reference to government of the people, by the people, for the people is a generally satisfactory definition of democracy. I say generally because when… — George Aiken
The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any… — Lloyd Alexander
In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is… — Alfred Hitchcock
Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
You have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home. — Carlos Slim
Liberty calls to us again. We must follow her further; we must trust her fully. Either we must wholly accept her or she will not… — Henry George
When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be and… — Alan Alda
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. — Graham Joyce
The research in Ralph Keyes' The Quote Verifier is impressive, and each conclusion is like the solution to a real-life historical mystery. Who knew a… — Will Shortz
There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what you are doing… — Elizabeth Zimmermann

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