Relatively Quotes

484 quotes by 425 authors

Modern dynamical systems theory has a relatively short history. It begins with Poincare (of course)... [to whom] a global understanding of the gross behavior of… — Robert L. Devaney
It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy. — David Riesman
In preindustrial cultures leisure is scarcely a burden or a "problem" because it is built into the ritual and ground plan of life for which… — David Riesman
Man, the most complicated of the animals, has a relatively short gestation period. Beyond that, he will be born, unlike most mammals, in a ridiculously… — Willard Gaylin
New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap. — Tibor Fischer
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue… — John Major
My breasts are beautiful, and I gotta tell you, they've gotten a lot of attention for what is relatively short screen time. — Jamie Lee Curtis
I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the f--- out of… — Gillian Anderson
We escaped the last big bursting of a bubble - the dotcom bubble - with a relatively light U.S. recession. On that occasion, the world… — Evan Davis
I'm a good Canadian girl. I miss all that good stuff. I miss tobogganing and I miss snowboarding, but I've also learned to surf and… — Evangeline Lilly
Just as the slave master required the slaves to imitate the image he had of them, so women, who live in a relatively powerless position,… — Susan Griffin
It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot… — Daniel Baldwin
When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick… — Jennifer Beals
Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this, you start feeling… — Brian Chesky
Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt… — Bill Ayers
Some of the things I've seen a lot of my female-actress friends who are relatively famous receive - I've seen some hideous things. Like some… — Elisha Cuthbert
There are relatively few experiments in atomic physics these days that don't involve the use of a laser. — Eric Allin Cornell
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make. — George Crumb
I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy.… — Jennifer Ehle
My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stages, where we were just hard to look… — Dan Fogler

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