Quotations
Quotes:
In research the horizon recedes as we advance, and is no nearer at sixty than it was at twenty. As the power of endurance weakens with age, the urgency of the pursuit grows more intense... And research is always incomplete. (Isaac Casaubon)
View quotes by Mark Pattinson
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
View quotes by Richard Nixon
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
View quotes by Thomas Huxley
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
View quotes by Henry James
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
View quotes by Juvenal
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
View quotes by John Dewey
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterwards deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
View quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover... refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.
View quotes by Norman Vincent Peale
The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
View quotes by Douglas Macarthur
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.
View quotes by Mary McCarthy
I knew well in advance, even before I stepped on the stage for my first event, that I was going to lose [on losing to American Carly Patterson for gold, and then accusing judges of bias]
View quotes by Svetlana Khorkina
As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.
View quotes by Henry Ford
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
View quotes by Walt Whitman
The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale - and that alone can guide.
View quotes by Aristotle
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
View quotes by Gerald Ford
The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.
View quotes by Lyndon Johnson
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
View quotes by Orville Wright
The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.
View quotes by Sir Arthur Helps
If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes
View quotes by Thomas Huxley
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