Simple Quotes

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That a few simple men should in one generation have invented so powerful and appealing a personality, so lofty ethic, and so inspiring a vision… — Will Durant
Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid. — Oswald Chambers
There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the… — Tony Hoare
Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. — Michael Korda
I had one simple idea about telling friends about arts and technology events. People in the community suggested everything else to us, and that's our… — Craig Newmark
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information. — Edward Tufte
Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to make real what… — Mary McLeod Bethune
No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education,… — Jimmy Carter
I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I… — Lucille Clifton
No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice. — John Peter Altgeld
You ask whether a woman should be paid the same wages as man when she does the same work? To this, there can be but… — John Peter Altgeld
In war everything is simple, but it's the simple things that are difficult. — Carl von Clausewitz
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility… — J. William Fulbright
If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom… — Antonio Gramsci
It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who… — Orison Swett Marden
The simple act of caring is heroic. — Edward Albert
Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into… — Bobby Jones
Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold… — Bobby Jones
Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior. — Dee Hock

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