The power of a man, to take it universally, is his present means, to obtain some future
apparent good; and is either original or instrumental. (Leviathan)
View quotes by Thomas HobbesWhat I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no
apparent reason.
View quotes by Rod StewartWe failed, but in the good providence of God
apparent failure often proves a blessing.
View quotes by Robert E LeeThe trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is
apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.
View quotes by Malcolm MuggeridgeApparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.
View quotes by Frances Watkins HarperTrust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people
transcend
apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they
were previously unaware.
View quotes by David ArmisteadThe opposites of
apparent chance are constancy and sensible interposition
View quotes by William PaleyThey took us out to dinner and interrogated us in a friendly way about life in England and what we thought and politics [on an
apparent KGB interview he had!]
View quotes by David CameronIt was a match I lost, rather than she won [on Serena Williams winning with an
apparent cramp injury at Wimbledon]
View quotes by Daniela HantuchovaThe first reference I can find to this quotation seems to be in 'The St Catharines Standard' (St Cathariens, Ontario, Canada (Osprey Press)) Ocober 13, 2000.
A Canadian politician William Peter Randall was lamenting on the lack of election races and
apparent public lack of interest.
He said, 'Acclamation is not democracy, it is apathy'.
You can find more about him in Wikipedia etc.
I have seen the quotation used a few times since then and belive it may be a good addition to your database.
John
Acclamation is not democracy, it is apathy.
-Willam Peter Randall
Canadian Politician, Quotiation circa 2000
View quotes by William Peter RandallThe true magnitude of the Nobel Committee's blunder in awarding the Prize to Kissinger didn't become
apparent until the destabilization of Cambodia, set in motion by American intervention, produced the Khmer Rouge and the slaughter of over a million.
View quotes by Paul HagerPositivism: A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the
Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
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