"The very helplessness of the public which makes……" — Hugh Nibley
"The very helplessness of the public which makes it necessary for them to consult the experts also makes it impossible for them to judge how expert they are."
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34 Quotes by Hugh Nibley
Hugh Nibley has 34 quotes on this site.
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The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on…
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You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit
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Work is, after all, not a busy running back and forth in established grooves, though that is the essence of…
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Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and…
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Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.
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Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.
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The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void…
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As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority…
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Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else—Satan has us just where he wants us.
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No matter what happens, it will, then, always remain secret: only I know exactly the weight and force of the…
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Only if you reach the boundary will the boundary recede before you. And if you don't, if you confine your…
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Joseph Smith could not have picked a better year to start The Book of Mormon than 600 B.C.
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More Consult Quotes
This quote is filed under Consult Quotes,
one of 135 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home…
— Dale Carnegie
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You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations…
— Benjamin Carson
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
— Alexander Pope
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
— John Milton
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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your…
— Seneca the Younger
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For two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to…
— Remy de Gourmont
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Science can tell us what exists; but to compare the worths, both of what exists and of what does not…
— William James
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There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he…
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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