Tendency Quotes

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State interference in economic life, which calls itself economic policy, has done nothing but destroy economic life. Prohibitions and regulations have by their general obstructive… — Ludwig von Mises
Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known under the name… — Alan Watts
I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency. — Patrick Marber
I used to feel more straight for certain months and then just think about boys all the time I'm attracted to women who are very,… — Brian Molko
How much more generous it would be if, instead of writing parables about childhood wounds, psychologists were to accept that some differences between the sexes… — Matt Ridley
Although mechanical energy is indestructible, there is a universal tendency to its dissipation, which produces throughout the system a gradual augmentation and diffusion of heat,… — Lord Kelvin
I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money. — Juan Gabriel
Resilience is a precious skill. People who have it tend to also have three underlying advantages: a believe that they can influence life events; a… — Amanda Ripley
"Best in the world," "lowest price in existence, " etc are at best claiming the expected. But superlative of that sort are usually damaging. They… — Claude C. Hopkins
Too much faith in personality has a tendency to produce weakness and idolatry, but intense love for the Guru makes rapid growth possible. — Swami Vivekananda
Unfortunately, we are finding the bureaucratic inefficiencies and red tape have a tendency to slow the efforts of individuals and communities working to rebuild. — Bobby Jindal
On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that… — Denis Waitley
True motherhood is the noblest call of the world, and we look with sorrow upon the practice here in our own United States of limiting… — David O. McKay
The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world; denouncing them as… — Simon Greenleaf
When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was… — Adam Beach
We live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that… — Pope Francis
Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal… — Albert Bushnell Hart
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the… — Alan Dean Foster
There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion as… — Ludwig von Mises

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