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10481 Used quotes by 6288 unique authors

The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1)… — Tim Ferriss
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a… — Frederic Bastiat
One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable… — Ayn Rand
Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care,… — Harry Browne
When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics. — P.J. O'Rourke
What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by a government determined to suppress… — Learned Hand
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not… — David Sarnoff
I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in innumerable spheres and enjoyed it as an always ready instrument for exercising the mind and penetrating further… — Richard Goldschmidt
I used to measure the Heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. The mind belonged to Heaven, the body's shadow lies here. — Johannes Kepler
We may say that life has borrowed from inanimate processes the same mechanism used in producing these striking structures that are crystals. — Linus Pauling
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by… — Martin Gardner
For the better part of my last semester at Garden City High, I constructed a physical pendulum and used it to make a "precision" measurement… — Steven Chu
I knew, however, that it would cost ten times what I had available in order to build a molecular beam machine. I decided to follow… — John Charles Polanyi
Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Cigarette companies market heavily to young people. They need young customers because their product kills the older ones. It is the only product that, if… — George Carlin
It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at… — Bill Shankly
In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become a vehicle of… — Pope Benedict XVI
A designer God cannot be used to explain organized complexity because any God capable of designing anything would have to be complex enough to demand… — Richard Dawkins
The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as… — Charles Darwin
I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition.… — Millard Fillmore
I just want the bullying to stop. That is all I ever wanted. I used to love going to school. Now I hate it. — Tim Field
Recently there's been a trend to apply the term "bullying" to any kind of conflict at work, for example overwork and long hours. Although some… — Tim Field
Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that… — Jimmy Carter
I am aware that the assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. The idea of… — Charles Darwin

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