Relative Quotes

551 Relative quotes by 470 unique authors

In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal,… — Barbara Tuchman
Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When… — Socrates
The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during… — Brian Ferneyhough
Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of… — Sidney Altman
I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It… — Christian Bale
Perhaps the most striking feature of the [nonprofit] sector is its relative freedom from constraints and its resulting pluralism. — John W. Gardner
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. — Alfred North Whitehead
Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a copy, or to copy a parent or a relative or… — Leon Kass
We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing… — R A Salvatore
The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative… — James Gould Cozzens
The horse is so honest.... they live in the moment. And what they do, whether they need to protect themselves or whether they need to… — Buck Brannaman
I suppose I can live with missing decimals, missing floors to tall buildings, and floors that are named instead of numbered. A more serious problem… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Last I checked, Bill Gates was worth $50 billion. If the average employed adult, who is walking in a hurry, will pick up a quarter… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that… — Faye Dunaway
When you talk and think of the Absolute, you have to do it in the relative; so all these logical arguments apply. — Swami Vivekananda
Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing. — Albert Einstein
If you don't have the gift of a loving supportive family, be that gift for someone else. It doesn't have to be a relative, just… — Joel Osteen
In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own… — Amby Burfoot
No one has yet discovered or ever shall discover what God is in His nature and essence... we shall, in time to come, 'know as… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Every little bit, every atom inside the universe, is in a constant state of change and motion, but the universe as a whole is unchangeable,… — Swami Vivekananda
I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming… — Chris Cooper
The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire. — Jacques Lacan
It's proven that how time moves for you depends on where you are in the universe. It's relative to beings and other places. But on… — Jaden Smith
He who made us would have been a pitiful bungler, if he had made the rules of our moral conduct a matter of science. For… — Thomas Jefferson

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