Tendency Quotes

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Matching your hat to your shoe to your bag, or your necklace to your earrings, has a tendency to look dated. Mixing up your accessories… — Stacy London
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to… — George Lucas
I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. — Stephen F. Lynch
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes… — Wangari Maathai
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. — Norman Mailer
People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. — John Malkovich
We have a tendency to think everyone's idiotic and everyone's only doing something idiotic, and the world is controlled by a not-so-secret group of morons.… — John Malkovich
I'm a huge 'Futurama' fan, so that's my closest sci-fi tendency. — Tatiana Maslany
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. — George McGovern
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. — John Stuart Mill
The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors. — John Stuart Mill
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade… — Ludwig von Mises
My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me.… — Brian Molko
A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you. — Marilyn Monroe
A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings. — Marilyn Monroe
Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses. — Jack Nicklaus
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. — Reinhold Niebuhr
I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency. — Conor Oberst
I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations… — David Ogilvy
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax. — Tom Osborne

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