Virtually Quotes
481 quotes by 414 authors
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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
— Andrew Weil
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If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.
— Robert Anton Wilson
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In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would…
— Al Yankovic
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I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory,…
— Zig Ziglar
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Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.
— Philip Zimbardo
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Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens…
— Evgeny Morozov
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It's true that virtually all new technologies do trigger what sociologists would call 'moral panics,' that there are a lot of people who are concerned…
— Evgeny Morozov
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
— Brennan Manning
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The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a…
— Thomas Jefferson
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A farm includes the passion of the farmer's heart, the interest of the farm's customers, the biological activity in the soil, the pleasantness of the…
— Joel Salatin
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From space, astronauts can see people making love as a tiny speck of light. Not light, exactly, but a glow that could be confused for…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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The healing power of charity, bestowed by our Father and made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ, can make it virtually impossible for us…
— Sheri L. Dew
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There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian…
— Lionel Shriver
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Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature.
— John Knowles
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Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though it has no…
— Aravind Adiga
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What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing…
— Chuck Klosterman
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When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.
— Wayne Dyer
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No relationship is without its difficulties and this is certainly true when one or both of the persons involved has an autistic spectrum disorder. Even…
— Daniel Tammet
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The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by…
— Naomi Klein
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414 authors contributed a total of 481 Virtually Quotes, led by these top contributors: