Scope Quotes
285 quotes by 265 authors
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Let us remember, too, that greatness is not always a matter of the scale of one’s life, but of the quality of one’s life. True…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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It does not make you less of a woman to need a man. To need one to exist, yes, this is nonsense. To need one…
— Nora Roberts
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...humankind's limited scope of mercy was reserved for their own.
— Stephenie Meyer
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You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for…
— Philip Roth
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I can promise you none of these things. No sphere of usefulness; you are not needed there at all. No scope of your talents; only…
— C.S. Lewis
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His heart is a desert island.... The whole scope, the whole energy of his mind surround and protect him; his depths isolate him and guard…
— Paul Valery
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If you’re the type of person who wants to associate exclusively with those who perfectly mirror your own ethical worldview, you’re reducing significantly the scope…
— Chuck Klosterman
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For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing…
— Eleanor Catton
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You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature... It is this sudden…
— Lewis Thomas
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It is a remarkable fact that the second law of thermodynamics has played in the history of science a fundamental role far beyond its original…
— Ilya Prigogine
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The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of the…
— Grover Norquist
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The central issue of our time - of all times - is the size, power and scope of government.
— Grover Norquist
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In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I…
— Gretchen Rubin
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Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me,…
— Gary Krist
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe,…
— Barack Obama
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Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
— Yochai Benkler
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Indeed, artists, particularly modern artists, have intentionally limited the scope and vocabulary of their expression to convey, as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt do, the…
— Eric Kandel
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If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years away,…
— Martin Rees
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The Republican name used to be synonymous with limiting the size and scope of government, and we need to re-establish that reputation. We must work…
— Tim Walberg
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