Relative Quotes

551 Relative quotes by 470 unique authors

The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men as… — John Tooby
Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong… — Thomas Jefferson
Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses us with the relative value… — Franz Boas
There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way, And returned… — Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of regulating climate, as… — Harrison Schmitt
And then you see right away it may well happen that you enter a decade or maybe even two, when the temperature cools relative to… — Mojib Latif
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which… — Aristotle
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make… — Robert E. Lee
Those wretches tainted with the error of Indifferentism and Modernism hold that dogmatic truth is not absolute, but relative: that is, that it must adapt… — Pope Pius XI
What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative;… — William Makepeace Thackeray
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor… — Barack Obama
The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The seeker of God is the real lover of vidya, unchangeable truth; all else is avidya, relative knowledge. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness… — Bill W.
The relative importance of the white and gray matter is often misunderstood. Were it not for the manifold connection of the nerve cells in the… — Edward Anthony Spitzka
Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the relative plane and… — Swami Vivekananda
While real perfection is only one, relative perfections must be many. — Swami Vivekananda
The relative success of the bitcoin proves that money first and foremost depends on trust. Neither gold nor bonds are needed to back up a… — Arnon Grunberg
Truth is relative. Truth is what you can make the voter believe is the truth. If you're smart enough, truth is what you make the… — James Carville
In a situation like this, of course you identify with everyone who's suffering. (But we must also think about) the terrorists who are creating such… — Richard Gere
If you can see them [the terrorists] as a relative who's dangerously sick and we have to give them medicine and the medicine is love… — Richard Gere
I am in awe, in admiration of the man who Gaius Julius Caesar was. I don't actually do him as the man himself. He is… — Karl Urban
Determinism is the thesis that is true at every moment that the way things then are determines a unique future, that only one of the… — Peter van Inwagen
Newton's work on gravity led to the discovery of the Lagrange point, a place where opposing forces cancel one another out, and a body may… — Nick Harkaway
Truth is, of course, relative. But then, so is relative. — James Sallis

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