Subordinate Quotes

112 quotes by 103 authors

Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite. — Marquis de Sade
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will… — Frank Herbert
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to taking for granted a skin that… — Alberto Manguel
There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse… — Marilynne Robinson
Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate. — Albert Einstein
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. — Stephen Covey
Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate. — Michael Crichton
The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life… — Albert Einstein
The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary… — Margaret Atwood
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatusâ€”the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the… — Simone Weil
What was she to say? "The prodigal has returned? The mutineer wishes to be reinstated? The subordinate, having gone to a great deal of trouble… — Robin McKinley
At home, besides being Peter or Jane, we also bear a general character; husband or wife, brother or sister, chief, colleague or subordinate. Not among… — C.S. Lewis
Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be â€œjust humansâ€ within the framework of white supremacy has… — Bell Hooks
But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind — Jack London
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles — Aaron Allston
Legislators, priests, philosophers, writers, ans scientists have striven to show that the subordinate position of woman is willed in heaven and advantageous on earth. — Simone de Beauvoir
What I know is, you have chance in life--of surviving it--if you tolerate loss well; manage not to be a cynic through it all; to… — Richard Ford
Is it possible really to love other people? If Iâ€™m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential reliefâ€”I need them. But can you… — David Foster Wallace
It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate what you think… — Stephen Covey

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