Quotes about Claims

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Votes: 4

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Votes: 4

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. Votes: 4

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim. Votes: 4

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Votes: 3

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. Votes: 3

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. Votes: 3

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. Votes: 3

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name. Votes: 3

Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical. Votes: 3

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. Votes: 3

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions. Votes: 3

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. Votes: 3

My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. Votes: 3

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. Votes: 3

The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer. Votes: 3

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. Votes: 3

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. Votes: 3

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another. Votes: 3

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. Votes: 3

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help. Votes: 3

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. Votes: 3

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature. Votes: 3

Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts. Votes: 3

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill. Votes: 3

Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all. Votes: 3

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory. Votes: 3

A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another. Votes: 1

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. Votes: 1

Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. Votes: 1

When people feel a certain religion claims to have all the answers, that's what turns them off. Votes: 1

I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999. Votes: 1

I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date. Votes: 1

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others. Votes: 1

Everybody in politics claims to want to get everybody out of poverty. What's the opposite? Wealth. And what is often criticized by the left? Wealth. Votes: 1

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. Votes: 1

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too. Votes: 1

The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country until the disputes are settled. If they leave, their claims are closed. Votes: 1

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet. Votes: 1

I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.' Votes: 1

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air. Votes: 1

Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get tested, while their students derange themselves with weird ideas, empty rituals, and other affectations. Votes: 1

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions. Votes: 1

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan. Votes: 1

As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world. Votes: 1

Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims. Votes: 1

To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot. Votes: 1

I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.' If all religions were indeed the same, why not let someone be 'converted' to another religion? Votes: 1

The energy necessary to create a wormhole or to wrap time into nuts is incredible. It's not for us. It's maybe for our descendants who have mastered the energy of this technology. So if one day, somebody knocks on your door and claims to be your great great great great granddaughter, don't slam the door. Votes: 1

Exceptional claims, require exceptional evidence. Votes: 0

Look for competence not claims. Votes: 0

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Votes: 0

Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence Votes: 0

Love never claims, it ever gives. Votes: 0

Jeanine claims you're all dangerous Insurgents. Votes: 0

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence. Votes: 0

My father was a small claims court jester. Votes: 0

The Tea Party claims to want small government. Votes: 0

Sin claims to free but in fact it kills. Votes: 0

Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them. Votes: 0

Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making. Votes: 0

The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue. Votes: 0

Moral claims aren't, as a class, truth-value apt or not. Votes: 0

Faith is making claims to victory before it is achieved. Votes: 0

Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet. Votes: 0

Impressive claims are made far more impressive by making them exact Votes: 0

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents. Votes: 0

A dentist is only half the doctor he claims to be, Votes: 0

Usually if someone starts making universal claims, I tune right on out. Votes: 0

We do not choose love. It claims each man as it will. Votes: 0

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims. Votes: 0

Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship. Votes: 0

The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist. Votes: 0

Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect. Votes: 0

God seeks comrades and claims love, The devil seeks slaves and claims obedience. Votes: 0

The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims. Votes: 0

I'm your mind", it claims. "You can't parse ME into dendrites and synapses Votes: 0

Over and over, expanding scientific knowledge has shown religious claims to be false. Votes: 0

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. Votes: 0

By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy Votes: 0

In a media-saturated world, persistent hype lends unwarranted credulity to the wildest claims. Votes: 0

A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible. Votes: 0

The tyrant claims freedom to kill freedom, and yet keep it for himself. Votes: 0

Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most. Votes: 0

I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant. Votes: 0

If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR. Votes: 0

We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims. Votes: 0

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar. Votes: 0

If someone claims to have free will, ask them, free from precisely what? Votes: 0

Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath. Votes: 0

None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself. Votes: 0

Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself. Votes: 0

No one has more trouble than the person who claims to have no trouble Votes: 0

Beware of anyone who claims to be neutral, for they always have an agenda. Votes: 0

I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Votes: 0

Donald Trump represents the same rigged system that he claims he's going to change. Votes: 0

Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave. Votes: 0

Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore. Votes: 0

Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying. Votes: 0

The real reason for health claims is well established: health claims sell food products. Votes: 0

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, an umpire. Votes: 0

Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying. Votes: 0

religion notoriously claims that they invented morality, they didn't. Morality exists in animals, ya know. Votes: 0

the unfortunate have claims upon the hearts of those whom God has blessed with affluence ... Votes: 0

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves. Votes: 0

Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance. Votes: 0

The man who claims he's never done anything courageous doesn't understand what courage really is. Votes: 0

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift. Votes: 0

For years I've been stressing with regard to UFOs that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Votes: 0

God, come down, if you're really there -Well, you're the one who claims to care! Votes: 0

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. Votes: 0

I'm obviously not a rapper, and I don't have any claims to be one, really. Votes: 0

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him. Votes: 0

Christianity is a very historical religion - it makes specific claims that are open to testing. Votes: 0

The future of marketing belongs to honest information, accurate data and clear claims based on truth. Votes: 0

Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world. Votes: 0

No one who claims this to be a small world has ever flown across the Pacific. Votes: 0

Congressman [Mike] Pompeo said he believes the intelligence agencies' claims that Russia hacked the US election. Votes: 0

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year. Votes: 0

When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment Votes: 0

God, come down, if you're really there - Well, you're the one who claims to care! Votes: 0

Anybody who claims that they know where this whole thing is all going is just lying. Votes: 0

Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch. Votes: 0

The lazy man claims he is too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work. Votes: 0

But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts. Votes: 0

Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride. Votes: 0

I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is. Votes: 0

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty. Votes: 0

Misguided liberal Joseph Stiglitz.Columbia University professor and Nobel Prize winner, claims the American dream is dead. Votes: 0

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims he plays the game for exercise. Votes: 0

(Those women whom the distaff no longer claims nor spun cloth) driven made, mad, mad by Bacchus. Votes: 0

The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible. Votes: 0

Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it. Votes: 0

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. Votes: 0

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ. Votes: 0

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers. Votes: 0

Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims. Votes: 0

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical. Votes: 0

We are firm believers of the paranormal, but we believe over 80 percent of all claims can be disproved. Votes: 0

It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself. Votes: 0

There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths. Votes: 0

If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious. Votes: 0

Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love. Votes: 0

We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed. Votes: 0

if four Gaza kids playing soccer were killed Wednesday, as Hamas claims, the terror group is at fault. Votes: 0

Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false. Votes: 0

The government of Iran claims that every two years there are elections. But none of them are free. Votes: 0

Science is not infallible, but it has something religion lacks: a process of testing claims against real-world observations. Votes: 0

Consumers have to understand that the purpose of these claims is to get them to buy the product. Votes: 0

Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own. Votes: 0

I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. Votes: 0

As for Europe, its claims towards Russia are fairly transparently based on fears about energy, unjustified fears at that. Votes: 0

Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians. Votes: 0

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning. Votes: 0

The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities before the invasion were inaccurate, wrong, and in some cases, deliberately misleading. Votes: 0

The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption. Votes: 0

If a person claims to have met Jesus without being changed then they have not met the real Jesus. Votes: 0

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give. Votes: 0

Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable. Votes: 0

The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth. Votes: 0

We do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as significant. Votes: 0

If the Bible is what it claims to be, how can we allow it to remain on a bookshelf? Votes: 0

For that is love's nature that it lays claim to exclusive right and that all other claims are nil. Votes: 0

A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery. Votes: 0

Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do. Votes: 0

My credibility is zero. My wife claims she can go before any judge at any time and have me committed. Votes: 0

State control is important for the people who have always been excluded from the claims of social and economic development. Votes: 0

A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt. Votes: 0

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth. Votes: 0

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. Votes: 0

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous. Votes: 0

A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love. Votes: 0

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is. Votes: 0

A callous disregard for the claims of innocent human life is the heart and soul of the evil of terrorism. Votes: 0

Trump claims he'd be the "best jobs president that God ever created." But isn't his claim to fame firing people? Votes: 0

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims. Votes: 0

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars! Votes: 0

I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims. Votes: 0

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community. Votes: 0

We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence. Votes: 0

Her court was pure, her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed... Votes: 0

I did everything. I worked at S.S. Kresge, the five-and-dime. I worked in a mailroom. I worked processing insurance claims. Votes: 0

Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. Votes: 0

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims there are no homosexuals in Iran, just like there are no gay conservatives in the US. Votes: 0

Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel. Votes: 0

State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation. Votes: 0

From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Votes: 0

Every time Donald Trump thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is, is rigged against him. Votes: 0

Jesus' claims are particularly unnerving, because if they are true there is no alternative but to bow the knee to him. Votes: 0

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species. Votes: 0

The supernatural is not as it claims, for it is inherently unnatural; it seeks to separate us from our natural world. Votes: 0

Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar. Votes: 0

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does. Votes: 0

A clever graduate student could teach Fourier something new, but surely no one claims that he could teach Archimedes to reason better. Votes: 0

Kick is seeing things from a special angle. Kick is momentary freedom from the claims of the aging, cautious, nagging, fightened flesh. Votes: 0

The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle . . . present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization. Votes: 0

Whatever lies beyond the limits of experience, and claims another origin than that of induction and deduction from established data, is illegitimate. Votes: 0

Men always liked me, because I was very damaged and unpredictable'my children's father claims that I have multiple personalities, but I don't. Votes: 0

Obama is a guy who claims to be unaware that there was a Tea Party, a guy that's detached from the country. Votes: 0

The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget. Votes: 0

If everything really does get better, the way everyone claims, then happiness should be graphable. But that's crap, because better isn't quantifiable. Votes: 0

Theology, however implausible many of its truth claims, is one of the most ambitious theoretical arenas left in an increasingly specialized world Votes: 0

If everything really does get better, the way everyone claims, then happiness should be graphable. But that's crap, because better isn't quantifiable. Votes: 0

Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] even quoted a tweet from a self-identified 16-year-old as a way to justify crazy unsupported claims about the popular vote. Votes: 0

The statements of certain western officials show that contrary to their absurd claims, westerners are disqualified, and impetuous, lacking any cultural background. Votes: 0

Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims. Votes: 0

He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that. Votes: 0

It seems to me that responsiveness is a better source for understanding what moral claims are and how they work upon us. Votes: 0

None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear. Votes: 0

Every man finds a sanction for his simplest claims and deeds, in decisions of his own mind, which he calls Truth and Holiness. Votes: 0

Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see it. Votes: 0

Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Votes: 0

Free speech gives us the ability to react vigorously with effective arguments and expose the weakness and misdirection of the other side's claims. Votes: 0

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear. Votes: 0

Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war. Votes: 0

Few professors would dare to publish research or teach a course debunking the claims made in various ethnic, gender, or other 'studies' courses. Votes: 0

Someone who claims to know what happens after death is probably someone we should be suspicious of -- they might be a ghost. Votes: 0

Christian faith is not an irrational leap.Examined objectively, the claims of the Bible are rational propositions well supported by reason and evidence. Votes: 0

My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming. Votes: 0

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration. Votes: 0

Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Votes: 0

To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save. Votes: 0

[Identity liberalism] is about recognition and self-definition. It's narcissistic. It's isolating. It looks within. And it also makes two contradictory claims on people. Votes: 0

There is no one of-woman-born who does not like Red Lobster cheddar biscuits. Anyone who claims otherwise is a liar and a Socialist. Votes: 0

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. Votes: 0

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others. Votes: 0

The media, of course, loves to make claims about the fountain of youth. Don't believe it. No one has it. But we're getting close. Votes: 0

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market. Votes: 0

The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. Votes: 0

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place. Votes: 0

Unless the religious claims of the Bible are again acknowledged, its literary claims will, I think, be given only 'mouth honour' and that decreasingly. Votes: 0

The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity. Votes: 0

The persistent failures of controlled, double-blind experiments to support the claims of parapsychology suggest that what's going on is nonsense rather than sixth sense. Votes: 0

Sex therapist claims that the most effective way to arouse your man is to spend 10 minutes licking his ears!! Personally, I think its bollocks!! Votes: 0

If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it. Votes: 0

Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don't exist. Votes: 0

A marriage, even one that goes awry, generates claims and needs that persist like an afterglow long after the emotional fire is burned out. Votes: 0

In general, insurers say criticisms of claims-handling are unfair because most policyholders are paid promptly, and some denials are necessary to root out fraud. Votes: 0

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method. Votes: 0

Here's the main page of motivational quotes, if you want a different topic. Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Votes: 0

A man who claims to be 32 degrees is one freezing freemason. That man must make love with all the warmth of a shadowy secret. Votes: 0

Children don’t require of their parents a past and they find something faintly unbelievable, almost embarrassing, in parental claims to a prior existence. Votes: 0

The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence. Votes: 0

In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City. Votes: 0

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place. Votes: 0

I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and unscientific claims. Votes: 0

I have had my say, as he wished. Now the book belongs, as he points out, to the world he claims to speak for. Votes: 0

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. Votes: 0

House majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, slammed [Donald's] Trump`s wild claims about election fraud, saying, quote, "The election is over, let`s move on." Votes: 0

If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence. Votes: 0

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic. Votes: 0

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them. Votes: 0

Muslims must learn that if they make belligerent and fanatical claims upon the tolerance of free societies, they will meet the limits of that tolerance. Votes: 0

Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence, - our health, our longevity, and our Christianity. Votes: 0

Im not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or let the characters speak through me, whatever that might mean. Votes: 0

I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical. Votes: 0

Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school. Votes: 0

We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny. Votes: 0

Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not what's inside. Votes: 0

History will not let us forget: it wears disguises, reintroduces itself to us, claims it is someone new and wonderful. But let us not forget. Votes: 0

I respect every mother and I believe people are entitled to use whatever benefits, claims and entitlements, if you like, that are available to them Votes: 0

What about the poor salesman who is calling into the office from the corner saloon instead of the home sickbed he claims he is in? Votes: 0

I shall develop the thesis that anyone acting communicatively must, in performing any speech act, raise universal validity claims and suppose that they can be vindicated. Votes: 0

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims. Votes: 0

Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their critical thinking. Votes: 0

It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period of 24 years. Votes: 0

I'm not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or 'let the characters speak through me,' whatever that might mean. Votes: 0

There were other auto manufacturers that were confabulating as much as [Buckminster Fuller] was, making claims about how cars resembled this or that aspect of nature. Votes: 0

When it comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion. Votes: 0

To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior. Votes: 0

When in comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion. Votes: 0

Unlike the former Soviet Union that respected the strength of West, Putin's Russia ignores talk of sanctions, claims land, and supports rebels in Ukraine with impunity. Votes: 0

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them. Votes: 0

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. Votes: 0

The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the possibilities of their reform. Votes: 0

Some few there must be in every age and every land of whom life claims nothing very insistently save that they write perfectly of beautiful happenings. Votes: 0

Iraqi's minister of information did not show up for his press conference today. However, he claims he was there and he said it went very well. Votes: 0

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression. Votes: 0

Whether it's veterans' disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley. Votes: 0

This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims? Votes: 0

How can one maintain a theological confidence in what one claims to be _true_ while acknowledging the existence of multiple religions that also claim to be _true_? Votes: 0

Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. Votes: 0

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent. Votes: 0

Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their 'critical thinking.' Votes: 0

We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's. Votes: 0

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder. Votes: 0

There is ugliness of mass production and consumerism, the banality of advertising. Although it claims to do just the opposite, it's predicated on disempowering and effacing persons. Votes: 0

Don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long... If we wait too long to forgive, our rage settles in and claims squatter's rights to our souls. Votes: 0

Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines! Votes: 0

No right of preference exists in favor of person, property, or business. Personal claims and ambitions must yield in favor of whatever best serves the general welfare. Votes: 0

When someone sticks a knife six inches into your back, and then pulls it out two inches and claims he's doing you a favor, don't believe him. Votes: 0

Whether its veterans disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley. Votes: 0

Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion. Votes: 0

God created... light anddark, heaven and hell-science claims the same thing as religion, that the Big Bang createdeverything in the universe with an opposite."Including matter itself, antimatter" Votes: 0

The truth of no truths becomes, inevitably, truth: a way of naming being, language, and culture that guards the boundaries of thought against claims it has not validated. Votes: 0

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, several companies are attempting to deceive consumers through the unauthorized use of my image or my name, and my attorneys are pursuing those making these false claims. Votes: 0

For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of us a brand-new reason for paranoia. Votes: 0

He believed in God even if he was doubtful of men's claims to know God's mind. But that a God unable to forgive was no God at all. Votes: 0

Everyone now claims to be a moderniser and it's obvious, really. I mean, no one now says 'We need to go backwards... to the days of Lord Salisbury'. Votes: 0

Friendship is born at that moment when a single particular person claims to a different: 'What! You far too? I assumed I was the only real one particular. Votes: 0

Read about some squirrelly guy who claims that he just don't believe in fighting, and I wonder how long the rest of us can count on being free. Votes: 0

Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say you can't actually. The camera can't. Votes: 0

Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead. Votes: 0

Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty. Votes: 0

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth. Votes: 0

The method of democracy is to bring conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged. Votes: 0

[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the desire to Keep Us Safe. Votes: 0

"The people" aren't running anything. That's why technology has replaced politics as the source of ideology. The ideological claims are hollow and absurd, and nobody believes them anymore. Votes: 0

It is not God that is worshipped but the group or authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority not violation of integrity. Votes: 0

The only food he has ever stolen has been down on a coffee table. He claims that he genuinely believed it to be a table meant for dogs. Votes: 0

Anyone who claims that the debate is over and the conclusions are firm has a fundamentally unscientific approach to one of the most momentous issues of our time. Votes: 0

Deism claims that God creates the universe and the laws of nature and then is hands-off, with everything that subsequently happens in nature being due to natural processes. Votes: 0

Not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry . Votes: 0

So bitcoin gives us an opportunity to reclaim the power of the people to say yes or no to what the government claims that it wants to do. Votes: 0

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. Votes: 0

Nine out of ten Americans are actually monarchists at bottom. The fact is proved by their high suseptibility to political claims by president's sons and other relatives, usually nonentities. Votes: 0

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. It is civilizing because it puts truth ahead of all else, including personal interests. Votes: 0

We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion. Votes: 0

Israel will not tolerate Iran developing nuclear power, even if Iran claims it is for peaceful purposes. If there is an attack, oil prices will go through the roof. Votes: 0

Rights give rise to legal claims. Ultimately, the more rights animals are granted, the greater the legal lien exercised on their behalf against the liberty and property of people. Votes: 0

Abbas is on his way to becoming a professor of terrorism. After denying the Holocaust in his doctoral thesis, he now claims that Hamas is not a terrorist organization. Votes: 0

Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt. Votes: 0

As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going? Votes: 0

The single definition of government I've ever seen that makes sense is that it's the organization which claims the right to kill people who won't do what it wants. Votes: 0

High-consequence risks form one particular segment of the generalised 'climate of risk' characteristic of late modernity - one characterised by regular shifts in knowledge-claims as mediated by expert systems. Votes: 0

Taxation is not a method by which the community corporately provides itself with essential services, but a fund to be divided between different interests with political claims upon the state. Votes: 0

It's a phenomenon that started in the United States in which corporations make claims on the life forms, biodiversity and innovations of other cultures by applying for patents on them. Votes: 0

I live in Realville, and my problem is that I'm governed by logic. And some of the claims that are made by people on the left just don't hold up. Votes: 0

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity. Votes: 0

Republicans are already trying to paint Hillary Clinton as too old to be president. In fact, a new ad claims she’s so old that she could be a Republican. Votes: 0

There's a good deal of ivory being sold that claims to be antique ivory. In fact, we've seen evidence that there are fake antiques being carved in countries like China. Votes: 0

Enforced religion breeds precisely what it most fears: rebellion against religion, cynicism about religion, skepticism about its claims, and, as a consequence, indifference at best or outright antipathy at worst. Votes: 0

With its claims to profundity, boldness and originality, thinking still limits itself provisionally to the exclusively rational and scientific. ... As soon as it lays hold of the feelings, it becomes spirit. Votes: 0

There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one's attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius. Votes: 0

Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude. Votes: 0

Properly practiced creativity MUST result in greater sales more economically achieved. Properly practiced creativity can lift your claims out of the swamp of sameness and make them accepted, believed, persuasive, urgent. Votes: 0

Whoever claims that economic competition represents survival of the fittest in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics. Votes: 0

Atheism is the absence of a belief in a god, nothing more. If the theist wishes to draw monumental implications from this lack of belief, he must argue for his claims. Votes: 0

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions. Votes: 0

Pray, always pray; beneath sins heaviest load, Prayer claims the blood from Jesus' side that flowed. Pray, always pray; though weary, faint, and lone, Prayer nestles by the Father's sheltering throne. Votes: 0

Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics. Votes: 0

As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims. Votes: 0

Big Data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it. Votes: 0

I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp names that never get fat, The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims, The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat, Tucson and Deadwood and Lost Mule Flat. Votes: 0

It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to spend ever-increasing sums for the control of disease. Votes: 0

Religion is faith. Faith is belief without evidence. Belief without evidence cannot be shared. Faith is a feeling. Love is also a feeling, but love makes no universal claims. Love is pure. Votes: 0

Vanity is so constantly solicitous of self, that even where its own claims are not interested, it indirectly seeks the aliment which it loves, by showing how little is deserved by others. Votes: 0

What an illusion Mahamaya has conjured up! Here is this infinite world, and what one claims as his possession will be left behind at death. Still men cannot understand this simple truth. Votes: 0

...early medieval Ireland sounds like a somewhat crazed Wisconsin, in which every dairy farm is an armed camp at perpetual war with its neighbors, and every farmer claims he is a king. Votes: 0

Today House Republicans are doing what they always do - using taxpayers' money to continue investigating claims that have already been debunked just to keep them in the headlines one more day. Votes: 0

When Proposition 8 passed in California, some were quick to blame minority voters, some of whom had voted for both President Obama and Proposition 8; however, these claims were later debunked as being overstated. Votes: 0

J. I. Packer has written, "The repentance that Christ requires of His people consists in a settled refusal to set any limit to the claims which He may make on their lives."17" Votes: 0

The man takes a body that is not his, claims it, sows his so-called seed, reaps a harvest - he colonizes a female body, robs it of its natural resources, controls it. Votes: 0

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex. Votes: 0

The claims of existing social arrangements and of self interest have been duly allowed for. We cannot at the end count them a second time because we do not like the result. Votes: 0

... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn't know anything. Votes: 0

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter. Votes: 0

Have you guys ever ghost hunted in Hawaii? No? Well, I have this fat friend... I shouldn't say fat, that might offend him, but he's Samoan and claims to have seen ghosts. Votes: 0

An Internet rumor claims that John Kerry had an affair with a young woman. When asked if this was similar to the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, a spokesman said 'Close, but no cigar.' Votes: 0

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex. Votes: 0

The reason I spend so much of my time doing science is that the whole point of science is to help people resolve conflicting claims by saying: 'Show me the data.' Votes: 0

You may say you're anti-status, but if you filled a room with people who said that, they would soon form a status hierarchy based on how anti-status each person claims to be. Votes: 0

The New York Times distorts and defrauds the news and then claims to be impartial. They never give an even-handed version of the news - that's the last thing they'd ever do. Votes: 0

You may say you're "anti-status," but if you filled a room with people who said that, they would soon form a status hierarchy based on how anti-status each person claims to be. Votes: 0

If by now you're a little confused, don't be too hard on yourself. Life is confusing, and anyone who claims that she has all the answers has probably uncovered the wrong ones. Votes: 0

If you do not understand what God's present claims over you are, you may depend upon it that as days of testing come on you will not be able to keep your footing. Votes: 0

Films are neither true nor false. That includes my films, as well as others. They may make claims that are true or false, but films are too complex. They have too many ingredients. Votes: 0

If you need drugs or booze to write stories, you're not a good author." Yet when he wrote; "Cujo" he was on cocaine and claims to have no memory of writing the book." Votes: 0

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed. Votes: 0

Jesus makes large claims for his heavenly father but never mentions that his mother is or was a virgin, and is repeatedly very rude and coarse to her when she makes an appearance. Votes: 0

All interstate wars intensify aggression "“ maximize it "¦ some wars are even more unjust than others. In other words, all government wars are unjust, although some governments have less unjust claims"¦ Votes: 0

Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I have to think that he's either a liar or a hypocrite. Votes: 0

When we advance more confident claims and they fail to come to fruition, this constitutes much more powerful evidence against our hypothesis. We can't really blame anyone for losing faith when this occurs Votes: 0

Berkeley , Hume, Kant , Fichte , Hegel , James , Bergson all are united in one earnest attempt, the attempt to reinstate man with his high spiritual claims in a place of importance in the cosmic scheme. Votes: 0

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image. Votes: 0

Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public. Votes: 0

Shouldn't I join the ranks of philosophers and merely make unsubstantiated claims about the wonders of human consciousness? Shouldn't I stop trying to do some science and keep my head down? Indeed not. Votes: 0

In any case, fighting will not settle whether the claims were just or unjust. It will only settle which nation can mobilize and handle its fighting forces and its economic forces the better. Votes: 0

It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that). Votes: 0

The Enlightenment was an attempt to liberate myth and base truth claims on evidence, not just dogma. But when science threw out the church, they threw out the baby with the bath water. Votes: 0

Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman. Votes: 0

Germany has solemnly recognized and guaranteed France her frontiers as determined after the Saar plebiscite... We thereby finally renounced all claims to Alsace-Lorraine, a land for which we have fought two great wars. Votes: 0

For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence. Votes: 0

Any claims on the truth in my pictures are only to be answered in the sense that a particular event did in fact happen and did take place in the here and now. Votes: 0

You've got Bush and Gore headed to the Supreme Court. You've got George W. Bush's intelligence will be pitted against Al Gore's honesty. This is more like a case for small claims court. Votes: 0

Al Gore announced Tuesday that he plans to launch a 24-hour cable news network for young adults. Gore claims he's been wanting to do this since he invented cable TV in the 1990s. Votes: 0

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them. Votes: 0

I do think it's often a mistake to call them climate skeptics. I think they're deniers, just as I think president Ahmadinejad of iran who claims not to believe that the Holocaust occurred. Votes: 0

The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into question the truthfulness of Scripture wherever Scripture is making truth claims. Votes: 0

If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China. Votes: 0

A German firm called Friendsurance relies on people forming their own groups, which apply peer pressure to keep claims and costs lower. The result is refunded premiums for customers and profit for the company. Votes: 0

I figure it this way - if a woman claims she didn't want me to fudge her, then you already know she's a liar. So what the hell's the point of a trial, y'know? Votes: 0

I believe the Palestinians have never indicated a willingness to meet our minimum requirements, which are recognition of Israel's permanence and legitimacy as a Jewish state and end of claims and end of conflict. Votes: 0

As young people make diverse claims on the promise of a radical democracy, articulating what a fair and just world might be, they are increasingly met with forms of physical, ideological and structural violence. Votes: 0

Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that's the secret of its success. Votes: 0

How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence. Votes: 0

The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer claims anything but an insignificant amount of her time. Votes: 0

To raise positive kids, we as parents must identify the qualities necessary for success, convince our children that they have the potential for success, and show them how to stake their claims in life. Votes: 0

Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive. Votes: 0

In a civilization like ours, I feel that everyone has to come to terms with the claims of Jesus Christ upon his life, or else be guilty of inattention or of evading the question. Votes: 0

I don't admire the person who hides from the world and claims enlightenment. To be purified you have to be tested and there is no better test of strength than dealing with other people. Votes: 0

Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it. Votes: 0

It seems to me that the testimonies, practically, have come into that shape, that it is not of any use to try to defend the erroneous claims that are now put forth for them. Votes: 0

It's the ultimate identity theft when you start messing with somebody's work. Thinking that you could edit the work, or mix it differently, or re-EQ it, or make claims about it that aren't true. Votes: 0

Acting politely in front of someone black and/or gay and then making horrible claims about their intelligence or worth as human beings after they leave the room is not kindness - it's hypocrisy. Votes: 0

[Camila] was quite incapable of establishing any harmony between the claims of her art, of her appetites, or her dreams, and of her crowded daily routine. Each of these was a world in itself. Votes: 0

Your love of liberty -- your respect for the laws -- your habits of industry -- and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness. Votes: 0

Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences. Votes: 0

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering. Votes: 0

The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything. Votes: 0

Anyone who claims to be intrigued by the "intellectual challenge of the markets" is not a trader. The markets are as intellectually challenging as a fistfight. Ultimately, trading is an exercise in self-mastery and endurance. Votes: 0

So, he, uhm, all ac/ac, or a little ac/dc?" she asked, blushing, and Chase's grin about swallowed his face."He claims to be ac/dc," he said, watching her face light up completely. Votes: 0

Heaven be their resource who have no other but the charity of the world, the stock of which, I fear, is no way sufficient for the many great claims which are hourly made upon it. Votes: 0

Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence. Votes: 0

Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status of the claims?' 'What social or ideological needs do they serve?' Votes: 0

Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all nations to prepare themselves against its onslaught by taking proper precautions. Votes: 0

Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them. Votes: 0

Medicare's top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, keeping billions of dollars out of the hands of people trying to game the system. Votes: 0

Keep in mind, coal plants claim plenty of birds too. Sadly, hydro claims the lives of many fish. There is a price for everything. Solar does the best as far as very minimal wildlife damage. Votes: 0

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man. Votes: 0

Pity on the person who has become accustomed to seeing in necessity something arbitrary, who ascribes to the arbitrary some sort of reason, and even claims that following that sort of reason has religious value. Votes: 0

In a recent attack ad, the NRA claims that President Obama cares about his own children more than he cares about other children. In response, President Obama was like, 'Yeah, that's how families work.' Votes: 0

Partiality, in the sense that objectors commonly use the word, is impossible in the sphere of grace. It can exist only in the sphere of justice, where the persons concerned have certain claims and rights. Votes: 0

One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women. Votes: 0

The kinds of claims I make about knowledge are thus meant to be illustrative of a general argumentative strategy which might well bear fruit in areas of philosophy which I have not thus far explored. Votes: 0

Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims. Votes: 0

It is a culturally interesting (but also deeply depressing) fact that many religious claims seem to retain their emotional power for believers only if taken in ways that are intellectually unsupportable and even morally contemptible. Votes: 0