Widely Quotes

348 Widely quotes by 319 unique authors

Knowledge can be enormously costly, and is often scattered in widely uneven fragments, too small to be individually usable in decision making. The communication and… — Thomas Sowell
Because our agriculture is so spread out, that makes it vulnerable. Our food gets transported a number of times and very widely. — Donald Hamilton
Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it… — Max Planck
We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely… — Rachel Carson
It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough… — Jamais Cascio
The Bible-banned, burned, beloved-is more widely read and more frequently attacked than any other book in history. — Charles Colson
In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, disseminated… — Susan Neiman
In the early days of the crash it was widely believed that Jesse L. Livermore, a Bostonian with a large and unquestionably exaggerated reputation for… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Among these widely differing families of men, the first that attracts attention, the superior in intelligence, in power, and in enjoyment, is the white, or… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats though unseen among us; visiting This various world with as inconstant wing As summer winds that creep… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife. — Jim Fowler
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a… — John W. Gardner
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. — Charles de Gaulle
Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred… — Cathy Guisewite
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as… — Sylvia Earle
Jews have a special relationship to books, and the Haggadah has been translated more widely, and reprinted more often, than any other Jewish book. It… — Jonathan Safran Foer
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be… — Garrett Hardin
The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that. — Aung San Suu Kyi
No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you. — Ang Lee
It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it… — Theresa May
Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews… — Theresa May
If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions… — Ralph Merkle
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so… — Petrarch
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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