Relative Quotes

551 Relative quotes by 470 unique authors

Attempts have been made from a study of the changes produced by mutation to obtain the relative order of the bases within various triplets, but… — Francis Crick
Morality was not relative, they claimed, nor even existing solely in the realm of human condition. No, they proclaimed morality was an imperative of all… — Steven Erikson
Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in… — David Gerrold
I do want to try to put things in perspective today relative to the U.S.-Canada relationship. I would like to start by talking about how… — Paul Cellucci
Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all. — Victor Davis Hanson
First if all, never play macho man in the market. Second, never overtrade. My major problem was not the number of points I lost on… — Paul Tudor Jones
A state is organic when it has a center, and this center is an idea that shapes the various domains of life in an efficacious… — Julius Evola
This attempt to isolate cell constituents might have been a failure if they had been destroyed by the relative brutality of the technique employed. But… — Albert Claude
All wealth is relative; and so is its absence. — Sybille Bedford
Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours. — Tim Ferriss
Failure is relative. Life is adventure. Everything has beauty. — Debby Ryan
A historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of absolutizing a theory… — Rollo May
Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure,… — Marvin Bower
When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them to the documents… — Jean Guitton
So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for profundity very similar… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition. — Joe Kraus
Where there's a will - there's a relative! — Ricky Gervais
Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is. — Black Elk
It is, I suppose, the business of grandparents to create memories and the relative of memories: traditions. We want to lodge moments, like snapshots, in… — Ellen Goodman
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it… — Abraham Pais
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned… — Arthur C. Brooks
The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to… — Gene Sharp
The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the… — William Ames
The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness. This world is… — Dalai Lama

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