Traits Quotes

475 Traits quotes by 410 unique authors

Essentially, I mean the almost self-evident fact that individuals, ethnic groups, and races differ among themselves in intelligence and in many other traits, and that… — Murray Rothbard
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an… — Ruth Benedict
Traits don't change, states of mind do. — Elizabeth Strout
We like annoying people. It's a Manchester thing. It's a trait. We just like pissing people off. — Noel Gallagher
If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list. Time and again,… — Unknown Author
My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human… — Michael Shermer
Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are betrayed by it into all sorts of… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional human value. — Melissa Harris-Perry
Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores these two great… — Ernst Mayr
The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and… — Phillip Lopate
Each of you possesses the most powerful, dangerous and subversive trait that natural selection has ever devised. It's a piece of neural audio technology for… — Mark Pagel
Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits. — Wolfgang Ketterle
Those traits that pass into hybrid association entirely or almost entirely unchanged, thus themselves representing the traits of the hybrid, are termed dominating and those… — Gregor Mendel
The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and… — Glenn Reynolds
Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player. In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory, are… — Pal Benko
Verbosity was an established Victorian trait. — Matthew Engel
People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. — Marvin Bower
The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows… — Gardiner Spring
Negroid traits, dark skin, flat, thick nose. — Frederick Hertz
Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Human paleontology shares a peculiar trait with such disparate subjects as theology and extraterrestrial biology: it contains more practitioners than objects for study. — David Pilbeam
Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait. — Giovanni Ruffini
In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between… — Walter Lang
When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented.… — Carol S. Dweck
Send us people with initiative, who can carry themselves and others too; such as need to be carried hamper the work and weaken those who… — Charles Studd

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