Relative Quotes

551 Relative quotes by 470 unique authors

Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth… — Mahatma Gandhi
Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down. — Daniel Dennett
The Church is God's Bride. All the saints and mystics say the ultimate purpose of human life, the highest end for which we were made,… — Peter Kreeft
In this play we're dealing with relative truths - who's lying, who's telling the truth. But underneath that, Ed and I have hit this deeper… — Fred Ward
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. — Samuel Reshevsky
People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from… — Anthony de Jasay
Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality,… — Mary Douglas
The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the… — Jiang Zemin
Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours. — Ichiro Suzuki
An increase in the relative price of products from the low wage manufacturers in Asia and Latin America will also make those products less attractive… — Martin Feldstein
I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other than going to… — Tony Kushner
But unless some great revolution in nature modifies the present relative level between land and sea, it may safely be maintained that the present outer… — Louis Agassiz
We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet. Thus,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Obscurantism is the academic theorist's revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity - a way of proclaiming one's superiority in… — David Lehman
Beauty, like all other qualities presented to human experience, is relative; and the definition of it becomes unmeaning and useless in proportion to its abstractness.… — Walter Pater
We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a… — Larry Page
MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before,… — Ambrose Bierce
Individual price and wage changes will not be prevented. In the main, price changes will simply be concealed by taking the form of changes in… — Milton Friedman
It is an admitted fact that the ordinary tomtit of commerce has a sounder aesthetic taste than the average female relative in the country. — Hector Hugh Munro
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to it. This is… — Richard M. Nixon
Simply put: time is fluid. The faster your world spins out of control, the slower timer crawls. The more time you need, the less you're… — Shannon Lee
One of my favorite patterns is the tendency for the markets to move from relative lows to relative highs and vice versa every two to… — Jack D. Schwager
I deeply believe that everything is relative. We need the bad to appreciate the good, and vice versa. We need something unexpected to happen in… — Shania Twain
Peace is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve a page one lead story unless that… — Robert A. Heinlein
Learn to look not just with your eyes but with your heart. The truth is that style and taste are all relative. It is not… — Kelly Hoppen

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