Undertaken Quotes

129 Undertaken quotes by 120 unique authors

Psychoanalysis is an attempt to examine a person's self-justifications. Hence it can be undertaken only with the patient's cooperation and can succeed only when the… — Thomas Szasz
Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common… — Stendhal
This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any… — Paul Nurse
History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind. — Irving Langmuir
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Abstract systems depend on trust, yet they provide none of the moral rewards which can be obtained from personalised trust, or were often available in… — Anthony Giddens
Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The twentieth century has… — Edgar Mitchell
In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… — Thomas Jefferson
Soon I'll be old and I've done precious little in this world for lack of time. I am always afraid I'll become senile before I've… — Paul Gauguin
A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building the Panama Canal;… — Theodore Roosevelt
All wars of interference, arising from an officious intrusion into the concerns of other states; all wars of ambition, carried on for the purposes of… — Charles Caleb Colton
I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be… — Evelyn Glennie
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken… — Oliver Cromwell
Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for… — Jan Egeland
As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it would… — Tom Hodgkinson
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. — Samuel Johnson
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed. — Samantha Power
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you. — Cornelius Vanderbilt
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated… — George Washington
Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it… — Rowan Williams
Architecture was the last of the major professions to devise a formal 'cursus honorum' before its practice could be undertaken. — Martin Filler
In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits. — Ashwin Sanghi
He was weeping. Although 'weeping' really is to small a word for the activity the kind had undertaken. Tears were cascading from his eyes. A… — Kate DiCamillo

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