If
absolute power corrupts
absolutely, does
absolute powerlessness make you pure?
View quotes by Harry ShearerWhen suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal,
Corrected I believe to One does feel. (
Absolute and Abitofhell)
View quotes by Ronald KnoxPower tends to corrupt, and
absolute power corrupts
absolutely
View quotes by Lord ActonI am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with
absolute certainty.
View quotes by Sir Anthony EdenIt is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the
absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
View quotes by Lord ActonThe
absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
View quotes by CiceroEverything you've learned in school as 'obvious' becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no
absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.
View quotes by R Buckminster FullerOnly one
absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.
View quotes by Thomas HuxleyEvery great advance in natural knowledge has involved the
absolute rejection of authority.
View quotes by Thomas HuxleyThere is certainly no
absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.
View quotes by GalbraithWhat may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an
absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers.
View quotes by Dave BarryIt is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the
absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
View quotes by Simone De BeauvoirThe universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and
Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.
View quotes by Albert PikeI would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, 'This man was an
absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass!'
View quotes by Lewis MumfordI am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for
Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.
View quotes by Jasper CarrottBack to Basics was
absolute humbug, wasn't it?
View quotes by Edwina CurrieHe keeps chucking me the ball, which is an
absolute pain in the arse. [on brother in law Craig White]
View quotes by Darren LehmannWhat he's done is shameless. He's an
absolute plonker [on opponent Vivian Harris pulling out of a fight]
View quotes by Ricky HattonNo sex, age, or condition is above or below the
absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.
View quotes by Bruce BartonNo society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the
absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
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