Selective Quotes

138 quotes by 126 authors

Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It only kills the… — P.J. O'Rourke
Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things.… — Richard Koch
Because your child is your first priority, your're more selective, so in order to let someone into that world, they have to be really special.… — Helena Christensen
Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest. — Tim Ferriss
There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual in a population… — Ernst Mayr
I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out… — Julie Walters
My daughter hasn't seen me with anybody in five years. I'm very, very selective when it comes to that because I want to make sure… — Brandy Norwood
Military force is irrelevant to many of the most urgent threats we face. If we are to solve our myriad domestic problems and revitalize our… — William Hartung
My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long,… — Eric Clapton
Instructions are never included. They vary with the strength of your ability to see, the measure of your selective blindness, the limits of your mercy,… — Vera Nazarian
Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anytime they call. — Ronny Cox
Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go. — Marianne Williamson
I would prefer to write about everything; what else is there? But one must be selective. — Edward Abbey
We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding One generation and out. We have no problems with… — Wayne Pacelle
Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust. — Shelley Long
In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism.… — William Sloane Coffin
But theological change happens though selective quoting. Every religious person does it: You quote those verses that resonate with your own religious insights and ignore… — Yossi Klein Halevi
Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is… — Damon Keith
Play is a subset of voluntary behaviour involving a selective mechanism which reverses the usual contingencies of power so as to permit the subject a… — Brian Sutton-Smith
If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling… — Eleanor Holmes Norton

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