Statements Quotes

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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of… — Aristotle
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good… — J. G. Ballard
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban… — John Berger
I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able… — Ritchie Blackmore
I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real. — Terry Bradshaw
Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express. — Julie Burchill
I assume the closest members of my family don't actually want to kill me, but the truth is that I have shamed and hurt them;… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
All statements about the hydrides of boron earlier than 1912, when Stock began to work upon them, are untrue. — Alfred Stock
Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed to prove that God cannot… — Carl Sagan
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. — J. William Fulbright
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of finality... And our… — Karl Popper
Affirmation statements are going beyond the reality of the present into the creation of the future through the words you use in the now. — Louise Hay
Personal power involves producing success through modeling what works and taking consistent action towards your goals. At the same time, you have to internalize behavioral… — Tony Robbins
Placed as the fossils are in their several tiers of burial-places the one over the other; we have in them true witnesses of successive existences,… — Roderick Murchison
Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them. — Joseph Addison
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much. — E. W. Howe
All science is full of statements where you put your best face on your ignorance, where you say: ... we know awfully little about this,… — Hermann Bondi
Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total conduct of men… — Max Wertheimer

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