Arms Quote by Edmund Burke

It is the nature of tyranny and rapacity never to learn moderation from the ill-success of first oppressions; on the contrary, all oppressors, all…

— Edmund Burke

The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness…

— Edmund Burke

Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down…

— Anonymous

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Alchemy and Kabbalah are later developments in my thinking. I think the primary interest has been the relationship of magic and mystery to logic…

— Fred Alan Wolf

I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday…

— Tim Duncan

Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like.

— Alexander Payne

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too…

— George Chapman

What gets projects done for me is not inspiration. It's curiosity and rigor.

— Andrew Zuckerman

The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the…

— Malcolm Gladwell

The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. I think that’s…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by…

— George Washington