Relative Quotes

551 Relative quotes by 470 unique authors

The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All is measured by that relative term, quality. It is in this search for quality that the artist is, of necessity, the eternal student. — Rex Brandt
Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams. — Oscar Wilde
There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is… — Allan Bloom
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to… — Mencius
Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. I find this more and more every… — John Ruskin
We ought never to be afraid to repeat an ancient truth, when we feel that we can make it more striking by a neater turn,… — Luc de Clapiers
Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city, it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery, it's a pen that scratches. — Robert Orben
At the same time as woman was becoming the showcase for wealth and caste, while men were slipping into relative anonymity and "handsome is as… — Germaine Greer
Privacy, after all, was the most relative of privileges. It was granted us by society under ungenerous conditions, the most fundamental of them that whether… — Diana Trilling
Sex is two plus two making five, rather than four. Sex is the X ingredient that you can't define, and it's that X ingredient between… — Marty Feldman
What is basic guerilla strategy? Guerilla strategy must be based primarily on alertness, mobility, and attack. It must be adjusted to the enemy situation, the… — Mao Zedong
If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless. — Anwar Sadat
But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I… — Jack Dee
Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity. — Laura Marling
Any ideas of 'other' are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of 'normal. — Meshell Ndegeocello
I had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced. — Cesar Romero
Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute. — Alfred Stieglitz
In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of perception… — Stephen LaBerge
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin. — Boris Yeltsin
Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more. — Charles Caleb Colton
Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Since in reality there is nothing to which growth is relative save more growth, there is nothing to which education is subordinate save more education.‎ — John Dewey
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own… — Nicholson Baker
To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect… — Clifford Whittingham Beers

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