Quotes about Instance

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. Votes: 4

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. Votes: 4

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul. Votes: 4

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults. Votes: 4

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare. Votes: 2

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Votes: 2

The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might. Votes: 2

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. Votes: 2

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise. Votes: 2

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war. Votes: 2

I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am what I am. Votes: 2

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks. Votes: 2

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. Votes: 2

The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age. Votes: 2

The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots. Votes: 2

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person. Votes: 2

Socialism never arises in the earlier phases of capitalism, as, for instance, among the pioneers of civilisation in a country where there is plenty of land available for private appropriation by the last comer. Votes: 2

We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims. Votes: 2

I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above. Votes: 2

A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance. Votes: 2

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. Votes: 2

The so-called 'materialistic conception of history,' with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the 'Communist Manifesto,' still prevails only in the minds of laymen and dilettantes. Votes: 2

Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise. Votes: 2

Words may help you understand something, but experience allows you to know. Never ever trade your own experience for someone else's words about anything that is really important... like God, for instance, or Love, or what is true about another. Votes: 2

The darker the chocolate is, the more antioxidants it contains. So when eaten in moderation - just a few bites from a well-made dark chocolate bar, for instance - there's no need to feel bad about indulging once in a while. Votes: 2

If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.' Votes: 2

I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them. Votes: 2

You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good. Votes: 2

It's hard for two actors to be together. Take the traveling, for instance. It winds up being a long distance relationship, all the time, because one's working here and one's working there, or one's staying at home and one's off someplace else. Votes: 2

The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny. Votes: 2

I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence. Votes: 2

We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation. Votes: 2

There are a lot of ways to be expressive in life, but I wasn't good at some of them. Music, for instance. I was a distinct failure with the cello. Eventually, my parents sold the cello and bought a vacuum cleaner. The sound in our home improved. Votes: 2

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it. Votes: 2

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections. Votes: 2

If someone's liver doesn't work, we blame it on the genes; if someone's brain doesn't work properly, we blame the school. It's actually more humane to think of the condition as genetic. For instance, you don't want to say that someone is born unpleasant, but sometimes that might be true. Votes: 2

As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others. Votes: 2

The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it's not going to happen. I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years. Votes: 2

Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can take any of your old makeup containers into its shops, and the sweetest deal is that, once you've racked up six containers, you get a free lipstick or lip gloss. Votes: 2

There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse or parable of an embracing, incomprehensible reality. It makes no sense at all because it is the eternal breaking in on the temporal. So how could it subordinate itself to cause or consequence? Votes: 2

The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service for the Lord, my business, etc., the more shall I have opportunity of seeing God's help and deliverance; and every fresh instance, in which He helps and delivers me, will tend towards the increase of my faith. Votes: 2

If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. Votes: 2

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music. Votes: 0

everything is relative. you, for instance, are my relative. Votes: 0

After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia. Votes: 0

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery. Votes: 0

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare. Votes: 0

For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying. Votes: 0

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance. Votes: 0

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. Votes: 0

Antisemitism, for instance, is simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person. Votes: 0

We've all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I'm tragically funny and good-looking. Votes: 0

We learn so many things from golf: how to suffer, for instance. Votes: 0

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office. Votes: 0

Philosophy is, in the last instance, class struggle in the field of theory. Votes: 0

The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture. Votes: 0

Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life. Votes: 0

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance? Votes: 0

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. Votes: 0

You should always pay attentionto quality. A coffin, for instance, should laast a lifetime. Votes: 0

Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power. Votes: 0

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Votes: 0

My feelings, gratitude, for instance, are denied me simply because of my social position. Votes: 0

I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument. Votes: 0

I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer. Votes: 0

in love: a momentary instance of bein almost interested in someone else as in oneself! Votes: 0

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. Votes: 0

And, for instance, Baptists, Adventists, Lutherans, Pentecostals - let them exist on line with others. Votes: 0

What had to move - a leaf of the chestnut tree, for instance - moved. Votes: 0

Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it. Votes: 0

Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate. Votes: 0

Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations. Votes: 0

The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance. Votes: 0

The making of thoughts is the most common instance of human participation in the creative act. Votes: 0

A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there. Votes: 0

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process. Votes: 0

Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance. Votes: 0

Homogeneity is much to be admired - in milk, for instance - but not for parties. Votes: 0

I always recommend people read nutrition labels so they know, for instance, how much fiber they're getting. Votes: 0

Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us. Votes: 0

The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion. Votes: 0

I love them very much. All animals big and small. You can name an ant for instance. Votes: 0

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker. Votes: 0

To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position. Votes: 0

A lot of hackers set up scam sites. They can impersonate a site like PayPal, for instance. Votes: 0

I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty Votes: 0

On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work! Votes: 0

One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money. Votes: 0

Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered. Votes: 0

Some things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths. Votes: 0

Sport has been called the last bastion of male domination. Unfortunately, there are others - Congress, for instance. Votes: 0

Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza. Votes: 0

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want. Votes: 0

Does there exist a single instance of a saint asserting that he himself possessed the gift of miracles? Votes: 0

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it Votes: 0

The government does a lot of stuff that it shouldn't do - the Department of Education, for instance. Votes: 0

This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock. Votes: 0

Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football. Votes: 0

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own. Votes: 0

War is the most striking instance of the failure of intelligence to master the problem of human relationships. Votes: 0

I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way. Votes: 0

He...preferred always the more to the less remote, what, seeming exceptional, was an instance of law more refined... Votes: 0

There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi. Votes: 0

... all professional ideologies are high-minded. Hunters, for instance, would not dream of calling themselves the butchers of the woods. Votes: 0

In 2005... Mumbai, India, saw that country's most intense recorded instance of rainfall - 3 feet of rain in twenty-four hours. Votes: 0

A lot of people are too easily offended. Religious people, for instance. They've been offending other people for centuries. Votes: 0

Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural. Votes: 0

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority. Votes: 0

I cannot recall, in any of my reading, a single instance of a prophet who applied for the job. Votes: 0

One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously. Votes: 0

And what, for instance, would have happened had Romeo and Juliet lived to middle age, their silhouettes broadened by pasta? Votes: 0

For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention. Votes: 0

Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another. Votes: 0

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention. Votes: 0

Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance. Votes: 0

I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley Votes: 0

We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance). Votes: 0

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers. Votes: 0

Writing is still my main career, but I would love, for instance, to serve in the New York State Assembly. Votes: 0

Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage. Votes: 0

If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them. Votes: 0

If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger. Votes: 0

The limitless content of our universe might be only one instance of a large (and possibly infinite) number of other universes. Votes: 0

The Cayman Islands, a British Crown colony in the Caribbean, for instance, is the fifth largest banking center in the world, Votes: 0

Before Gutenberg, libraries were small -- the Cambridge University library had only 122 volumes in 1424, for instance; after Gutenberg literacy became widespread. Votes: 0

Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation. Votes: 0

I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone. Votes: 0

You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance. Votes: 0

As with any turning point or instance when a new road is chosen and an old one forsaken, there are consequences. Votes: 0

Astronomy ... is of all others the science which seems to present to us the most striking instance of waste in nature. Votes: 0

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. Votes: 0

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him. Votes: 0

Have an objective to give your bender a theme. For instance, stalking and killing a wild pig with a bowie knife. Votes: 0

This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings Votes: 0

Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation. Votes: 0

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting. Votes: 0

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance. Votes: 0

One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon. Votes: 0

I become obsessed with one thing or one look, a Bohemian look for instance, and then I wear that for a while. Votes: 0

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power. Votes: 0

But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps. Votes: 0

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. Votes: 0

The only instance where five purely-negative words had had a highly positive, motivational impact are Winston Churchill's, "Never, Never, Never, Never Give-up. Votes: 0

f they'd been working with Alec Guinness, for instance, they wouldn't have known they were born if they'd not towed the line! Votes: 0

I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance. Votes: 0

We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks. Votes: 0

For instance, our country wanted to effect a revolution, and did effect it, and now we are building a new classless society. Votes: 0

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking. Votes: 0

Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work. Votes: 0

But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values. Votes: 0

If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification. Votes: 0

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play. Votes: 0

If you recognize anyone, it does not mean that you like him.We all, for instance, recognize the honourable Member for Ebbw Vale. Votes: 0

The relationship between fascism and robotics, for instance, it's very clear that it's going to become way more important as time goes by. Votes: 0

At no time within the last five-hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters. Votes: 0

A great deal of American T.V. viewed on Hulu, which is superb - '30 Rock', for instance, is on very good form. Votes: 0

Is world peace possible or is the human race too innately aggressive? For instance: Have you ever seen women at a sample sale? Votes: 0

Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students. Votes: 0

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible. Votes: 0

Culture is more and more consciously becoming a project carried out in the domain of language by, for instance, propaganda both governmental and commercial. Votes: 0

It is more difficult to manipulate with film than, for instance, video. The problem with video is that it gives you a thousand possibilities. Votes: 0

Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country. Votes: 0

Every corporate security may be best viewed, in the first instance, as an ownership interest in, or a claim against, a specific business enterprise. Votes: 0

You cannot give me an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time contriving not to have tedious hours. Votes: 0

There was a time when I could have slept with his friend Briffa, for instance. Around him the air was always fraught with possibilities. Votes: 0

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. Votes: 0

I have some weird habits. For instance, I love beets. Show me a salad bar and I will clean them out of their beets. Votes: 0

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary. Votes: 0

Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language. Votes: 0

Smoking pot makes people talk for long periods of time, for instance, so people who advocate pot won't shut the hell up about it. Votes: 0

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned? Votes: 0

Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries. Votes: 0

There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing. Votes: 0

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship. Votes: 0

I've often found myself looking fondly at the Valentine's cultures in other countries. South Korea, for instance - where women must give chocolate to men. Votes: 0

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table. Votes: 0

If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by [Donald] Trump's negatives. Votes: 0

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing. Votes: 0

But haven't all ambitious people something of the monstrous about them? You, sir, for instance, if you will forgive me, are a little bit monstrous. Votes: 0

For me, then, territory and movement are linked. For instance, territory is controlled by the movements of horsemen, of tanks, of planes, and so on. Votes: 0

Films are wonderful but they do fix an identity. I can't read 'Pride and Prejudice' anymore, for instance, without imaging Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. Votes: 0

Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes, for instance, and Effie was good at being happy. Votes: 0

You can never really own real estate for instance; if you think you can, just try not paying your property taxes for a few years. Votes: 0

Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff. Votes: 0

I can't think of an instance at MSNBC where anything I said on the air was influenced by what was going on behind the scenes. Votes: 0

A little wit and a great deal of ill-nature will furnish a man for satire; but the greatest instance of wit is to commend well. Votes: 0

It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself. Votes: 0

Bring me the head of Elton John . . . which is one instance in which meat would not be murder, if it were served on a plate. Votes: 0

Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed. Votes: 0

You cannot, for instance, sustainably protect the environment if the majority of the people are still in primitive agriculture leading to the encroachment of forest reserves. Votes: 0

Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt and brutal. Votes: 0

When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record. Votes: 0

Several sorts of memory exist in us; body and mind each possesses one peculiar to itself. Nostalgia, for instance, is a malady of the physical memory. Votes: 0

Suffice it to say that black and white are also colors... for their simultaneous contrast is as striking as that of green and red, for instance. Votes: 0

Some of the most untidy writers have also been the most productive. Iris Murdoch, for instance, wrote a good 30 books in a house strewn with rubbish. Votes: 0

In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote. Votes: 0

If for instance, in a board meeting, if you have an idea, it better be a good idea, or you're not going to get everybody's attention. Votes: 0

I have a number of heroes I still have warm feelings about. [Derek] Shackleton, for instance, was definitely, and still is, one of my great heroes. Votes: 0

I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between 'painting' and 'conceptual art', as though this represented a genuine division. Votes: 0

Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse giver with each tolerated instance. Votes: 0

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor. Votes: 0

It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano, for instance. Votes: 0

I just think the way (for instance) evangelicals talk about God or Jesus, as in "Jesus says" or "the Bible says" points up a lack of honesty. Votes: 0

He would be able to suffer what his son had suffered. He would be able to suffer and his suffering would for an instance displace his grief. Votes: 0

Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them. Votes: 0

In almost every instance, air and water quality goals were met more cheaply and quickly when we taxed pollution than when we tried to regulate it directly. Votes: 0

We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't. Votes: 0

We overlook how much in our lives is invisible; love, for instance; thought, God, the future, time, faith, hope and even the electricity that brings us light. Votes: 0

People's behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can't type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance. Votes: 0

The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the here and now. Votes: 0

By brain is meant, in the first instance, something more than the pink-grey jelly of the anatomist. It is, even to a scientist, the organ of imagination. Votes: 0

It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself. Votes: 0

Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it. Votes: 0

I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur. Votes: 0

A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable to explain. Votes: 0

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences. Votes: 0

Also, I think that, you know, it's tribal behavior. I don't think that Pat Robertson, for instance, doubts that we evolved. He is simply representing a tribe. Votes: 0

Color exists simultaneously with form. Both elements are constantly associated but color strikes you more - a rose for instance - sometimes form - the human body. Votes: 0

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it. Votes: 0

[T]hat I could find company and consolation and hope in an object pulled almost at random from a bookshelf--felt akin to an instance of religious grace. Votes: 0

Social media, for all of its limitations, is rarely irrelevant. The stream of updates on your Facebook page, for instance, is algorithmically engineered to be darn-near irresistible. Votes: 0

No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth. Votes: 0

In China's big cities, American products - say, for instance, Proctor and Gamble shampoos or many other goods - are widely coveted by a lot of Chinese consumers. Votes: 0

I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos. Votes: 0

If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed. Votes: 0

Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter. In 1982 there was nothing to litter with. Votes: 0

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks. Votes: 0

Take chaotic mathematics, for instance. The universe is chaos. But chaos is whimping out. There is no chaos. There are just different levels of order in the universe. Votes: 0

Actually, in this instance we do have probably a better tracking system than was the instance in Canada. Because this is a dairy cow, they're all individually tagged. Votes: 0

Life is very fragile and you never know when it is over. Only one instance and then it might be too late to accept Gods offer for forgiveness. Votes: 0

Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still a studious guy. Votes: 0

For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance. Votes: 0

I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit men who did not. Votes: 0

One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things. Votes: 0

Well, for instance, when I left her today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said. Votes: 0

I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools Votes: 0

I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools. Votes: 0

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous. Votes: 0

It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance. Votes: 0

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter. Votes: 0

I must say I can appreciate it when males are very male. Like Harrison [Ford], for instance. He's pretty butch. I guess I prefer butch to terribly fey. Votes: 0

If you're fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939 and you're a Jew, you don't think so much about relationships. People didn't have a lot of divorces during the Holocaust, for instance. Votes: 0

I endeavor to make a picture, for instance, exert a positive influence on the observer by its coloring, mood, and compositional idea, encouraging, say, activation, tranquilization, concentration, or harmony... Votes: 0

In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Railroad safety, for instance, cannot be secured by mechanical devices alone. It is primarily a resultant of care and discipline. Votes: 0

In a country lacking leaders, in Africa, for instance, how could a native educated in Europe refuse to become a professor, even at the price of his literary vocation? Votes: 0

To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief without the slightest misgiving. Votes: 0

It costs governments money to keep fuel prices low. Oil-rich Yemen, for instance, devotes 9 percent of its GDP to making sure its people don't riot when oil prices rise. Votes: 0

Certain formats should never be forgotten, 'Blind Date' for instance, because 'Britain's Got Talent' is really 'New Faces' or 'The Gong Show,' whilst we're basically 'Opportunity Knocks.' Votes: 0

A colour is a physical object as soon as we consider its dependence, for instance, upon its luminous source, upon other colours, upon temperatures, upon spaces, and so forth. Votes: 0

The motives that lead us to do anything might be arranged like the thirty-two winds and might be given names on the same pattern: for instance, "bread-bread-fame" or "fame-fame-bread. Votes: 0

It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance, and in the book as a whole. Votes: 0

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones. Votes: 0

There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them. Votes: 0

We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding. Votes: 0

Demons manifest themselves in people in different ways. For instance, out of nowhere, somebody can become very angry for no reason. That's not just an emotion. That's a demon. Votes: 0

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones Votes: 0

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like. Votes: 0

I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else. Votes: 0

In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance. Votes: 0

Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world. So in that sense he's a universalist. Votes: 0

I've always looked at the world as a place where people have done evil things. There are people in the world, for instance, that would describe Americans as evil. Votes: 0

Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat a dog or horse lovingly. Votes: 0

There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way. Votes: 0

Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often. Votes: 0

I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.' Votes: 0

In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance. Votes: 0

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index. Votes: 0

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down. Votes: 0

The striking thing about America is - it's historically, extraordinary unusual,I don't of any other instance - is that productivity of workers and wages have not moved in tandem. Votes: 0

A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services. Votes: 0

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down. Votes: 0

For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy. Votes: 0

We [people] may enjoy this fleeting beauty [of life] for such a brief instance. And then we are compost. G - , the creator-destroyer, certainly has a strange sense of humor! Votes: 0

Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we make up our own minds what to believe. Votes: 0

When one goes to see Modern Times, for instance, one understands much more about socialism than listening to the man who was then head of the Socialist movement in Italy. Votes: 0

The body is extremely important to me, because it is a planet. For instance, if you compare Earth and an astronomer, you will see that the man is a planet. Votes: 0

Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers. Votes: 0

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations. Votes: 0

I never would like to be a country that is that multicultural that, for instance, the Islamic values become more dominant. We should not do that. We should stop that. Votes: 0

If you only knew, for instance, how much I enjoy being a grandmother! Do you know I'm twice a grandmother? Rajiv and Sonia have had a boy and a girl. Votes: 0

The theory of the free press is not that the truth will be presented completely or perfectly in any one instance, but that the truth will emerge from free discussion Votes: 0

Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself. Votes: 0

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance. Votes: 0

physical disability looms pretty large in one's life. But it doesn't devour one wholly. I'm not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking, talking embodiment of a chronic incurable degenerative disease. Votes: 0

In any given instance, behavior can be predicted best by considering both self-efficacy and outcome beliefs . . . different patterns of self-efficacy and outcome beliefs are likely to produce different psychological effects Votes: 0

The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after the tax cuts took effect. Votes: 0

Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.' Votes: 0

When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it's Votes: 0

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers. Votes: 0

It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin of one of our greatest rivers. Votes: 0

For instance, against the tremendous resistance of Hitler and Kaltenbrunner, and at first Himmler too, I managed to save nine thousand Norwegians and Danes, whom I had released from concentration camps. Votes: 0

For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office. Votes: 0

My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice. Votes: 0

Romanian movies are not made the same as American movies are, only because it's newer there. For instance, cigarettes, over there, are much more prominent, and Americans aren't used to that. Votes: 0

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort. Votes: 0

There are parts of L.A. that feel very, very Mexican, and there are weird little enclaves of Northside in Mexico - Cancún for instance. So what is a border? Votes: 0

I don't want to use quotation marks anymore, I've gone back and forth with them. In Ghosts, I didn't use them, for instance, all the way back in the early eighties. Votes: 0

I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer. Votes: 0

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way. Votes: 0

I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that. Votes: 0

Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don't argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket. Votes: 0

Comics are so full of amazing work. And I can't look at a drawing of a woman without thinking of, for instance, Wallace Wood and his amazing way of capturing beauty. Votes: 0

Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have you ever bought a book by a Negro writer? Votes: 0

So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don't want to raise taxes on the American people. Votes: 0

I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of myself in the third person. That allows me to manage myself better. Votes: 0

For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature. Votes: 0

I wanted to have a title that wasn't in English so that someone in France, for instance, could ask for 'dix-huit' or the someone in Japan could ask for 'juhachi.' Votes: 0

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. Votes: 0

I did not know I loved you until I heard myself telling so, for one instance I thought, "Good God, what have I said?" and then I knew it was true. Votes: 0

If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast. Votes: 0

When I opened up in "Gaslight," for instance, playing that narky maid, that all came about from my experience and my training up to that point, and so nothing was wasted. Votes: 0

For instance, one of the costs of the war is that soldiers today get very seriously injured but stay alive, and we can keep them alive but at an enormous price. Votes: 0

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative. Votes: 0

If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't. Votes: 0

Clothes can be important. I am learning this. For instance, often when I design and I wonder what is the point, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Votes: 0

Remorse is extremely useful for a generation which has in fact dirtied its hands but for the next generation you cannot ask, for instance, young Germans today to feel guilty about Hitlerism. Votes: 0

If you see me, I'm always wearing black and pink. If I don't have it on, I at least have something that's black and pink. For instance, like, a bracelet or something. Votes: 0

The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake. Votes: 0

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone... You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance. Votes: 0

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. Votes: 0

The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures. Were they all perpetuating their own lives in a myth? Votes: 0

School has no task more important than to teach strict thought, cautious judgment, and logical conclusions, hence it must pay no attention to what hinders these operations, such as religion, for instance. Votes: 0

The New Religion will manifest, for instance, through organizations like Masonry. In Freemasonry is embedded the core or the secret heart of the occult mysteries, wrapped up on number, metaphor and symbol. Votes: 0

What has always puzzled me is the flexibility of God's word. For instance, Catholics can now eat meat on Fridays. And limbo has been abolished. How does this work? Who tells them? Votes: 0

An opinion can be argued with; a conviction is best shot. The logical end of a war of creeds is the final destruction of one, and Salammbo is the classical text-book instance. Votes: 0

For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before. Votes: 0

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance. Votes: 0

"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its aim is the absolute subordination of the individual. Votes: 0

In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate "˜act,' but, rather, as the reiterative and citational practice by which discourse produces the effects that it names Votes: 0

I try to simplify things for the children. For instance, [I arrange] for them to have almost no dialogue, or to somehow give them very precise indications, because usually they ask for that. Votes: 0

The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its object. But the good in this instance vastly outweighs the evil. Votes: 0

There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. Votes: 0

One of the fascinating things about early writing on slates, on papyrus, even on early handwritten books, is for instance, there were no space between the words. People just wrote in continuous script. Votes: 0

Europeans ridicule Muslim culture because they don't understand the wisdom behind it. Take swine flu for instance: all the sudden you've got Europeans scared of pigs - we've been saying that for years! Votes: 0

The biggest difference between U.S and most European big cities is that in a place like London, for instance, there are five orchestras, and there's a bloody competition between these five orchestras. Votes: 0

You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception. Votes: 0

You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception." Votes: 0

For instance, in 1999, Bill Gates not only published a new book on work at the speed of thought but also detailed how Microsoft's 'Falconview' software would enable the destruction of bridges in Kosovo. Votes: 0

I think there are other issues that the Democrats could use to rally evangelicals. There are a lot of us, for instance, who believe that the Bible calls us to be environmentally responsible. Votes: 0

I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it. Votes: 0

Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years. Votes: 0

Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that you would be ready to greet the sun when it returned. Votes: 0

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas. Votes: 0

There are many resistance movements in the world, like the IRA for instance. But it is only Islamic resistance movements that are put on the terrorist list. This is what I am saying. Votes: 0

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength. Votes: 0

Under the system that we now have to nominate presidential candidates, for instance, I would prefer that we have a system that is closer to, say, the one we had in the 1960s. Votes: 0

I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book. Like a piece of music with themes, etc. Votes: 0

Some of us will never ever find true love. Take, for instance me. And I'm pretty sure that guy right there. And that lady with the sideburns. And basically everybody at table nine. Votes: 0

You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it's acid in the face"”who will love them now? Votes: 0

In the Soviet Union, for instance, the pressure on the chess stars was immense. When Boris Spassky came home after losing that match, he found he no longer had an apartment in Moscow. Votes: 0

I do everything halfway, a thing of which adults disapprove, but things done halfway are deceptive, and in a class of their own "“ for instance, the sun is really twice its size. Votes: 0

When I start asking my friends, "What do you think this means?" And it leads to way more interesting conversations than what it actually ends up meaning in the dictionary. Like "apocryphal," for instance. Votes: 0

I never, for instance, have the urge to paint animals 'the way I see them,' but rather the way they are... The way they themselves look at the world and feel their being Votes: 0

Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more beauty in the world if I believe such a thing is possible. Votes: 0

Now look, for instance, at the way they serve dogs, cutting off their tails to make them look plucky, and shearing up their pretty little ears to a point to make them look sharp Votes: 0

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it. Votes: 0

The so-called materialistic conception of history, with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the Communist Manifesto, still prevails only in the minds of laymen and dilettantes. Votes: 0

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going to take liberties, small liberties, with Air Force One, as we take small liberties with our White House set. Votes: 0

It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon monocultural commodity production, the clear-cutting of written and spoken English. Votes: 0

children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or when seriously wronged to emit prolonged screams for several minutes. Votes: 0

Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure of violence - the act of love, for instance; music, for instance. Votes: 0

I would like to make something that is real in itself that does not remind anyone of any other things, and that does not have to be explained like the letter A, for instance. Votes: 0

You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people haven't understood; why I passed on something, for instance. Votes: 0

There's still a place for marching for instance with the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen the importance of causing a scene, being on the streets and making your demands and your voice heard; Votes: 0

Somehow when I express my voice, I feel that much more vulnerable. For instance, if I used the wrong word, or if I said something and somebody could take the word and misinterpret it. Votes: 0

The Bible tells us, for instance, that there is going to be a cashless society. The Bible tells us that there is going to be global instability and excessive violence in the End Times. Votes: 0

Leggings are everywhere, indeed. Personally, I'm not crazy about them, but they can look great with the right look, a tunic, for instance, or a long cardigan. Just don't try to dress them up! Votes: 0

No specific technology. My guess is that it was the instinct always to go to maximum scale. Great Britain kept much more of a small shop mindset well into the twentieth century, for instance. Votes: 0

I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth. Votes: 0

Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges from enslavement and degradation, the human race again perfects itself. Votes: 0

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. Votes: 0

The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control. Votes: 0

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession. Votes: 0

It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to be very careful with irony, saying something while meaning the exact opposite. Votes: 0

Cruelty is no more the cure of crimes than it is the cure of sufferings; compassion, in the first instance, is good for both; I have known it to bring compunction when nothing else would. Votes: 0

People's destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boring—they're all alike, and they're all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance you—you're one in a million. You're happy— Votes: 0

Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own. Votes: 0

Ben made me laugh. I was attracted to his attraction for me: the way he smiled for instance, whenever he saw me, that goofy kind of grin that hijacks the face of the helplessly smitten. Votes: 0

In every instance when my administration sees a responsibility to help people, we will look first to faith-based institutions, to charities and to community groups that have shown their ability to save and change lives. Votes: 0

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance. Votes: 0

People are beginning to become disturbingly comfortable with a kind of official hypocrisy. Bizarrely, for instance, we've become numb to the idea that rights aren't absolute but are enjoyed on a kind of sliding scale. Votes: 0

Like the advocates of Birth Control, the eugenists, for instance, are seeking to assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit. Both are seeking a single end but they lay emphasis upon different methods. Votes: 0

Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make - bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake - if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Votes: 0

The reason why people think of programming as being hard is because you're writing down a general rule which is going to be used for lots of instances that a particular instance must process correctly. Votes: 0

It is not a question of observation which propels mankind forward as if toward a looking glass of great magnitude; it is an instance of aggrandized reflection that insinuates the human psyche to the inhuman. Votes: 0

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do. Votes: 0

They have a book of locations, and we would do a story about the Sahara Desert for instance, and in the California book you would find a comparable location, to match that location in California. Votes: 0

I personally am not a total pacifist. I do believe there is such a thing as a just war. I believe, for instance, the effort to destroy the Nazi regime militarily was justified military action. Votes: 0

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?' Votes: 0

Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would go for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul. Votes: 0

Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow ... It is impossible to be alive and safe. Votes: 0

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all. Votes: 0

I think Northern California is the most beautiful place on earth. And I adore New Orleans, but there's something about the air in SF, for instance. It changes from moment to moment, like one's thoughts. Votes: 0

I love the sort of ambivalence of this, the ambiguity of something being, for instance, in a quite busy Mexican restaurant with one of these very gentle tracks playing I remember as being particularly nice. Votes: 0