There is a tendency for things to right themselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. Helen Rowland American Writer More Helen Rowland Quotes 3
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. Henry George American Economist More Henry George Quotes 3
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. Lord Jeffrey More Lord Jeffrey Quotes 1
Duruing all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks. John James Audubon American Scientist More John James Audubon Quotes 1
He's one of those guys who has a tendency to sulk a little bit. Warren Moon More Warren Moon Quotes 1
Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions. Warren G. Bennis More Warren G. Bennis Quotes 0
The tendency has been to picture him as a bumbling, incompetent drunkard ... who didn't even know how to commit suicide. It makes him appear anything but what I had always thought of him. William Anderson More William Anderson Quotes 0
The only problem with drawing Nixon is restraint. Your tendency is to let your feelings come out. He's such a loathsome son of a bitch, and he looks so loathsome. William H. Mauldin American Cartoonist More William H. Mauldin Quotes 0
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. Jane Addams American Activist More Jane Addams Quotes 0
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. Mikhail Bakunin Russian Revolutionary More Mikhail Bakunin Quotes 0
That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than the small company you have never heard of. That is something in the culture we are trying to change. Lawrence Eagleburger American Diplomat More Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes 0
I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the tendency throughout politics in Northern Ireland, is to always look back, always look at what was said a long time ago, instead of looking forward. Peter Hain British Politician More Peter Hain Quotes 0
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another. Adam Clarke British Theologian More Adam Clarke Quotes 0
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is. Allan Bloom American Philosopher More Allan Bloom Quotes 0
I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. Juan Cole American Educator More Juan Cole Quotes 0
I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory. Marion Cotillard French Actress More Marion Cotillard Quotes 0
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. Simon Cowell British Entertainer More Simon Cowell Quotes 0
So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects tainted with a more doubtful tendency. Herbert Croly American Author More Herbert Croly Quotes 0
Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it. Pierce Brosnan Irish Actor More Pierce Brosnan Quotes 0
Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. Lord Byron British Poet More Lord Byron Quotes 0
Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture. Christopher Dawson English Writer More Christopher Dawson Quotes 0
I think there's a tendency for modern man to become dominated by gadgets and machines, taking us further and further away from the things I've been talking about. Robin Day British Journalist More Robin Day Quotes 0
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles. Ronald Fisher English Mathematician More Ronald Fisher Quotes 0
I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful. Shia LaBeouf American Actor More Shia LaBeouf Quotes 0