Scope Quotes
285 quotes by 265 authors
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Life may not be exactly pleasant, but it is at least not dull. Heave yourself into Hell today, and you may miss, tomorrow or next…
— H. L. Mencken
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We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies…
— Earl Blumenauer
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The most unresolved problem of the day is precisely the problem that concerned the founders of this nation: how to limit the scope and power…
— Milton Friedman
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Of all the intellectual hurdles which the human mind has confronted and has overcome in the last fifteen hundred years the one which seems to…
— Herbert Butterfield
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But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and…
— Mark Rylance
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Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to…
— John Marshall
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What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict. It will be of a force and scope and scale that has been…
— Donald Rumsfeld
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Nowhere else did repressions, purges, suppressions, and all other kinds of bureaucratic hooliganism in general acquire such horrifying scope as in Ukraine, in the struggle…
— Leon Trotsky
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I have been playing a lot of keyboards, especially in the last five or six years. I suppose it gives you more scope than the…
— Mick Ralphs
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The scope of herbal medicine ranges from mild-acting plant medicines such as chamomile and peppermint, to very potent ones such as foxglove (from which the…
— Donald Brown
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I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.
— Martin Seligman
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When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the front.…
— Sergei Prokofiev
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Education can change the scope of an entire family
— Nitin Nohria
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I see nothing wrong ethically with the idea of correcting single gene defects through genetic engineering. But I am concerned about any other kind of…
— Ian Wilmut
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From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those…
— Russ Carnahan
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What you see happening right now with some of the consolidation is all about more spectrum and capital formation that give you the scale, scope…
— Steve Largent
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I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]
— John T. Scopes
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A confidence man knows he’s lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says — and such…
— Jubal
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I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.
— Zara Phillips
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Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own…
— Albert J. Nock
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