Well Understood Quotes

31 quotes by 29 authors

The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine… — James Buchan
Now financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that. — Noam Chomsky
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its… — Albert J. Nock
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God? Of course not.… — Swami Vivekananda
The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a law established by… — James Madison
But, as Bacon has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear and definite, than out of… — William Bayliss
It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing. — Peter Garrett
Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the laws of the motions of the heavenly bodies, far removed as they are from us,… — Florence Nightingale
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its… — Albert J. Nock
There is a tendency to consider anything in human behavior that is unusual, not well known, or not well understood, as neurotic, psychopathic, immature, perverse,… — Alfred Kinsey
Mathematicians seem to have no difficulty in creating new concepts faster than the old ones become well understood. — Edward Norton Lorenz
Risk management is the most important thing to be well understood. Undertrade, undertrade, undertrade is my second piece of advice. Whatever you think your position… — Bruce Kovner
While love is common, true love is rare, and I believe that few people are fortunate enough to experience it. The roads of regular love… — David Buss
The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties. — Thomas Jefferson
The risks facing hedge funds are non-linear and more complex than those facing traditional asset classessuch risks are currently not widely appreciated or well-understood — Andrew Lo
In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows, for details are swallowed up in principles. The details for knowledge which are important, will be picked… — Alfred North Whitehead
...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had nothing to do… — Iain Banks
This part of optics, when well understood, shows us how we may make things a very long distance off appear as if placed very close,… — Robert Grosseteste
Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence. — Lord Byron

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