Selected Quotes

192 quotes by 182 authors

Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured originally; but the… — Richard Hamming
The difference is that we have the hardest and most painful evidence that there was a Holocaust. But, for the global warming scenario that is… — Thomas Sowell
Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name… — Noah Webster
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
I have been studying now for about 2 years, on a rather intensive basis, the UFO problem. I have interviewed several hundred witnesses in selected… — James MacDonald
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read… — George Will
It would be impossible to learn the lessons the scriptures contain by reading them only one time through or studying selected verses in a class. — Julie B. Beck
Playboy strategically selected the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas to debut our first U.S. store because it is one of the most successful… — Christie Hefner
I'm so very proud to be a part of Playmate history. It's such an honour to be one of 12 girls selected each year to… — Lisa Dergan Podsednik
Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life… — Oscar Wilde
Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity. The modern champions of communism have selected this as the time,… — Joseph McCarthy
Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early… — Thomas Paine
Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the… — Uta Hagen
We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully… — Carl Rogers
...so in love the heart surrenders itself entirely to the one being known how to touch it. That being is not selected but recognized and… — George Santayana
As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it… — Charles Darwin
We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected… — Axl Rose
Itâ€™s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from… — Gillian Flynn
Weâ€™ve all selected the wrong partners, all gotten hurt, and hopefully all moved on wiser for the experience. But there are those who, even in… — Paul Dini
Think of it! A second chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs. — Michael Foot

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