Quotes about Precisely

Precisely what menstruation is, is not yet very well known. Votes: 3

Precisely this is godliness--that there are gods, but no God. Votes: 3

Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing. Votes: 3

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments. Votes: 3

Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe. Votes: 3

Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society. Votes: 3

Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others. Votes: 3

I took one Draught of Life - I'll tell you what I paid - Precisely an existence - The market price, they said. Votes: 3

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: 3

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness. Votes: 3

One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true Votes: 3

For our purposes you can consider it a small country between Germany and France." "But there isn't anything between Germany and France. Except Switzerland." "Precisely," said Jace. Votes: 3

Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them. Votes: 3

Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are that which we know. Votes: 3

The solution to Iraq -- an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself -- is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad. Votes: 3

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. Votes: 1

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. Votes: 1

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them. Votes: 1

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you. Votes: 1

Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every day, year after year, alone. Votes: 1

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present. Votes: 1

The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. Votes: 1

They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity. Votes: 1

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. Votes: 1

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. Votes: 1

The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment. Votes: 1

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment. Votes: 1

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed. Votes: 1

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. Votes: 1

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. Votes: 1

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. Votes: 1

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Votes: 1

Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that kind of free-ranging release: You can say things in the therapist's office, with the therapist present, that would be incendiary or hurtful in your living room. Votes: 1

Social economic problems do not exist everywhere that an economic event plays a role as cause or effect - since problems arise only where the significance of those factors is problematical and can be precisely determined only through the application of methods of social-economics. Votes: 1

Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Votes: 1

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). Votes: 1

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Votes: 1

It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects. Votes: 1

The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living freely, reading many books, going on frequent trips, cultivating minor eccentricities... but genuinely being a writer is difficult, because you have to write something that will convince both yourself and readers. Votes: 1

For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away. Votes: 1

Let your mind see every detail of your own special version of the very best that life can be. If you could make the world exactly to your liking, consider very specifically just how that world would be. If you could spend your time doing precisely what you wish, how would the moments of your life be lived? Votes: 1

Wonder is not precisely knowing. Votes: 0

We hope vaguely but dread precisely. Votes: 0

Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved. Votes: 0

I'd rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong. Votes: 0

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. Votes: 0

He who attains his ideal, precisely thereby surpasses it. Votes: 0

The essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom. Votes: 0

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely. Votes: 0

One should never know too precisely whom one has married Votes: 0

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong. Votes: 0

A baby's cry is precisely as serious as it sounds. Votes: 0

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Votes: 0

It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists. Votes: 0

Love was generous precisely because it could never be immortal. Votes: 0

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable. Votes: 0

If there is something that opens horizons, it is precisely ignorance. Votes: 0

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. Votes: 0

True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not. Votes: 0

Progress is precisely that which rules and regulations did not foresee. Votes: 0

If you find life absurd, shouldn't you find death precisely meaningful? Votes: 0

Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations. Votes: 0

God brings people into our lives precisely when we need them. Votes: 0

We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to. Votes: 0

The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself. Votes: 0

Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile. Votes: 0

Money is in the exponent. And exponent needs to be calculated precisely. Votes: 0

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance. Votes: 0

Myth is more individual and expresses life more precisely than does science. Votes: 0

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself. Votes: 0

Shamanism is being reinvented in the West precisely because it is needed Votes: 0

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit. Votes: 0

Being fearless precisely when you are most scared is the best hack. Votes: 0

History wasn't precisely revered for its accuracy at the best of times. Votes: 0

Are you at work?" I asked. Not precisely, but that's a good suggestion.... Votes: 0

The central dynamism of Christianity, which rests precisely on a unity through variety. Votes: 0

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor. Votes: 0

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls. Votes: 0

The lover's fatal identity is precisely this: I am the one who waits. Votes: 0

Let them know precisely what you are going to do with their data Votes: 0

Everything is full and pure at its source and precisely there, not outside. Votes: 0

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. Votes: 0

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Votes: 0

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

For precisely when concepts fail one, Words are found at the right time. Votes: 0

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best. Votes: 0

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. Votes: 0

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did. Votes: 0

Therefore, to maximize your productivity, deliberately focus on precisely one thing at a time. Votes: 0

Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles. Votes: 0

The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves. Votes: 0

A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is. Votes: 0

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed. Votes: 0

Topology is precisely the mathematical discipline that allows the passage from local to global... Votes: 0

to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God. Votes: 0

... all good things beyond sleep come precisely because we defy gravity while we live. Votes: 0

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment. Votes: 0

Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power Votes: 0

Comets are like cats: they have tails, and they do precisely what they want. Votes: 0

Love is precisely to the moral nature what the sun is to the earth. Votes: 0

Drawing Lavi’s smile eases me precisely because he has such a sad fate. Votes: 0

Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about. Votes: 0

Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there. Votes: 0

True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. Votes: 0

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded. Votes: 0

The best letters of our time are precisely those that can never be published. Votes: 0

Freedom of speech encompasses precisely the freedom to annoy, to ridicule, and to offend. Votes: 0

Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument. Votes: 0

Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly. Votes: 0

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations. Votes: 0

The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. Votes: 0

People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment. Votes: 0

The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life. Votes: 0

The web's strength lies precisely in its unique position as the world's first universal platform. Votes: 0

A man is himself important precisely in proportion that all things seem important to him. Votes: 0

We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us. Votes: 0

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal. Votes: 0

Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That is precisely twice as many as last year. Votes: 0

Natural man's sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself. Votes: 0

The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself. Votes: 0

I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe. Votes: 0

Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence. Votes: 0

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention. Votes: 0

Almost all important questions are important precisely because they are not susceptible to quantitative answer. Votes: 0

A professor is one who can speak on any subject - for precisely fifty minutes. Votes: 0

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family. Votes: 0

I was a man of the earth, precisely as I had dreamed I would be. Votes: 0

The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held. Votes: 0

It's precisely on the Internet that the majority of the writing is terribly bad and uninteresting. Votes: 0

...precisely where the land touched water at high tide, where things came together but also separated. Votes: 0

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies. Votes: 0

People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed. Votes: 0

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data. Votes: 0

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for. Votes: 0

The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable, Votes: 0

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for Votes: 0

It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it. Votes: 0

Every set up that you do, everything is precisely modulated and raised and lowered.” Votes: 0

A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to. Votes: 0

I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life. Votes: 0

Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite. Votes: 0

Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking. Votes: 0

Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be Votes: 0

I'm too old to be farting around with stuff that isn't precisely what I want to do. Votes: 0

Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying. Votes: 0

Insurance firms have always carefully studied real-world data to figure out what, precisely, constitutes a risky activity. Votes: 0

The perfect integrity of The NewYork Times, and its writers, is not precisely 'just silly nonsense,' Votes: 0

What we call ideology is precisely the confusion of linguistic with natural reality, of reference with phenomenalism Votes: 0

Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. Votes: 0

If you could ask that question more precisely, you probably wouldn't be interested in the answer anymore Votes: 0

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. Votes: 0

Problems are rarely as bad as we think-or rather, they are precisely as bad as we think. Votes: 0

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting. Votes: 0

Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it. Votes: 0

It struck me that distant cities are designed precisely so you can know where you came from. Votes: 0

It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse. Votes: 0

Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it. Votes: 0

Faith transforms the whole person precisely to the extent that he or she becomes open to love. Votes: 0

Like every writer, I'm drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely-dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds. Votes: 0

The very fact that it might not work is precisely why you should and must do this. Votes: 0

Thus, the more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known, and conversely. Votes: 0

It is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest to conceal. Votes: 0

The real use of imaginative reading is precisely to suspend one's mind in the workings of another sensibility. Votes: 0

Our human bodies are miracles, not because they defy laws of nature, but precisely because they obey them. Votes: 0

Indeed the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful Votes: 0

One lives for the day, one lives very fast, one lives very irresponsibly: precisely this is called "freedom." Votes: 0

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern. Votes: 0

Stalin's postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, in precisely that order. Votes: 0

Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject, nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling. Votes: 0

Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy. Votes: 0

Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it's effective precisely because it's not a polemic. Votes: 0

It is precisely from the regret left by the imperfect work that the next one can be born. Votes: 0

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was. Votes: 0

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born Votes: 0

It is a healthy approach not to expect persons to turn out precisely how you would have wished. Votes: 0

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be. Votes: 0

Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve. Votes: 0

Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. Votes: 0

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is. Votes: 0

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. Votes: 0

Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. Votes: 0

The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. Votes: 0

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now... Votes: 0

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can. Votes: 0

Religion is defined as belief in and worship of a controlling power and atheism is precisely not that. Votes: 0

One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. Votes: 0

The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly. Votes: 0

The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent actualization of the inconceivable Votes: 0

The church is precisely that against which Jesus preached -- and against which he taught his disciples to fight. Votes: 0

The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives. Votes: 0

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. Votes: 0

[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment. Votes: 0

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics. Votes: 0

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. Votes: 0

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. Votes: 0

Grace loves without reference to what may or may not happen-which is precisely why such incredible things do happen! Votes: 0

Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves. Votes: 0

Creative Writing was not a form of psychotherapy, in ways both sublime and ridiculuous, it clearly was, precisely that. Votes: 0

Realism' has been abandoned in the search for reality: the 'principal objective' of abstract art is precisely this reality. Votes: 0

God is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people. Votes: 0

But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them? Votes: 0

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it. Votes: 0

Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears. Votes: 0

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. Votes: 0

It is precisely the despair of our times that convinces me that a renaissance is right around the corner. Votes: 0

In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all. Votes: 0

Small jerks began to appear in my legs, my walk became unsteady precisely because I wanted it to be smooth. Votes: 0

What we know oman today is limited precisely by the extent to which we have regarded him as a machine. Votes: 0

Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world. Votes: 0

A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day. Votes: 0

Emancipatory politics always consists in making seem possible precisely that which, from within the situation, is declared to be impossible. Votes: 0

It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is. Votes: 0

A cat is witty, he has nerve, he knows how to do precisely the right thing at the right moment. Votes: 0

Donald Trump's temperament and character is precisely what you would hate to see in your children, much less your president. Votes: 0

Nothing is truer in a sense than a funeral oration: It tells precisely what the dead man should have been. Votes: 0

The charm of the Platonic mode of thought ... consisted precisely in the resistance to the obvious evidence of the senses. Votes: 0

It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being... Votes: 0

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. Votes: 0

That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan. Votes: 0

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. Votes: 0

It's precisely because we're people that we have the power to change our own fate. So let's all change together. Votes: 0

They say if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Well, those are precisely the people who need them! Votes: 0

Writing to me is a voyage, an odyssey, a discovery, because I'm never certain of precisely what I will find. Votes: 0

I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies. Votes: 0

What made Nelson Mandela great, was precisely what made him human. We saw in him, what we seek in ourselves. Votes: 0

What people say and feel about you when you've left a room is precisely your job while you are in it. Votes: 0

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility. Votes: 0

Chemists have always been in the business of taking atoms and putting them together with other atoms with precisely defined connections. Votes: 0

It is precisely for the reason that Truth is utterly simple, basic, elementary and totally obvious, that it is completely overlooked. Votes: 0

Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us. Votes: 0

Become more and more innocent, less knowledgeable and more childlike. Take life as fun - because that's precisely what it is! Votes: 0

A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind. Votes: 0

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. Votes: 0

Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us. Votes: 0

Our oldest grandchild has precisely Alice's coloring, which may be one reason I sometimes have trouble taking my eyes off her. Votes: 0

The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened. Votes: 0

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms. Votes: 0

Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is. Votes: 0

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way. Votes: 0

Dangerously well’— what an irony is this: it expresses precisely the doubleness, the paradox, of feeling ‘too well Votes: 0

Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking." Votes: 0

Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble. Votes: 0

Beadle believed that genetics were inseparable from chemistry-more precisely, biochemistry. They were, he said, "two doors leading to the same room." Votes: 0

King Shrewd is expecting me, rather he isn't expecting me, and that is precisely why I must go to him now. Votes: 0

It is precisely through falling prices that the fruits of increased productivity and economic growth are spread throughout the market economy. Votes: 0

Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking. Votes: 0

Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. Votes: 0

I don't like people talking bad about me, I get hurt so precisely I don't end up saying that for others. Votes: 0

I sometimes think love consists precisely of the voluntary gift by the loved object of the right to tyrannize over it. Votes: 0

It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory. Votes: 0

It is precisely through the indeterminate nature of history that resistance becomes possible and politics refuses any guarantees and remains open. Votes: 0

The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves. Votes: 0

In a world in which time is a circle, every handshake, every kiss, every birth, every word, will be repeated precisely. Votes: 0

The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church. Votes: 0

In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest. Votes: 0

The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness. Votes: 0

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them. Votes: 0

ObamaCare (modeled almost precisely on RomneyCare) is wrong; it was bad medicine; it's bad for the economy, and I will repeal it. Votes: 0

The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper. Votes: 0

Who, precisely, are your Dreamers? Are their Dreams in Technicolor? Do you allow their most Outrageous Dreams to be seen in public? Votes: 0

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. Votes: 0

An amazing observation: it is precisely for feelings that one needs time, not for thought. ... Feelings, obviously, are more demanding than thought. Votes: 0

It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing. Votes: 0

Nietzsche's break with Schopenhauer rests on precisely this point; it is a matter of knowing whether the will is unitary or multiple. Votes: 0

It's remarkable how many couples can precisely describe their particular pattern of painful fighting, and claim to be helpless to change it. Votes: 0

Heavy, heavy-hearted people grow lighter and rise occasionally to their surface through precisely that which makes others heavier,through hatred and love. Votes: 0

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities. Votes: 0

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress. Votes: 0

One of the characteristics of kitsch is precisely the neutralization of 'extreme situations', particularly death, by turning them into some sentimental idyll. Votes: 0

...and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether. Votes: 0

Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count the music to bring me back, or more precisely, to bring her forward. Votes: 0

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. Votes: 0

No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses. Votes: 0

In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before. Votes: 0

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. Votes: 0

True, the free market ignores the poor precisely as it does not recognize the wealthy - it is 'no respecter of persons' Votes: 0

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am. Votes: 0

If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects? Votes: 0

I seem at once cursed to say precisely what I'm thinking to him and unable to tell what he thinks about it. Votes: 0

Her son lives. He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and color of Lily Evans's eyes, I am sure? Votes: 0

The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law. Votes: 0

This murder of Hariri was deliberately planned and executed precisely to implicate Syria and to set in train the events which have unfolded. Votes: 0

Ideas, cultures, and histories cannot seriously be understood or studied without their force, or more precisely their configurations of power, also being studied. Votes: 0

He marvelled at the fact that the cats had two holes cut in their fur at precisely the spot where their eyes were. Votes: 0

These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him loose. Votes: 0

What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely. Votes: 0

We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first. Votes: 0

The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection. Votes: 0

At first glance, that might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that's precisely the point. Votes: 0

In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue, and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things. Votes: 0

Why would a married couple that lives together every day need to date each other? It's precisely because they live and sleep together. Votes: 0

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting. Votes: 0

The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it. Votes: 0

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. Votes: 0

Global warming is a deadly threat precisely because it fails to trip the brain's alarm, leaving us soundly asleep in a burning bed... Votes: 0

The problems of inventing a new language are staggering. But what else can one do if one needs to express one's feeling precisely? Votes: 0

I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland. Votes: 0

The great advantage of the sort of education I had was precisely that it made practically no mark upon those subjected to it. Votes: 0

If you look at my columns I precisely said we have to avoid that. That it's important not to stereotype [Donald] Trump voters. Votes: 0

The statistical probability that organic structures and the most precisely harmonized reactions that typify living organisms would be generated by accident, is zero. Votes: 0

There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile. Votes: 0

Poetry is poetry, and one's objective as a poet is to achieve poetry precisely as one's objective in music is to achieve music. Votes: 0

It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden. Votes: 0

If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that. Votes: 0

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away Votes: 0

A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number 1... no matter what number you have in mind, infinity is larger still. Votes: 0

BMW models are more powerful on average than competitors. This is precisely what we are aiming for: less fuel consumption and more driving pleasure. Votes: 0

All discussion, all debate, all dissidence tends to question and in consequence, to upset existing convictions; that is precisely its purpose and its justification. Votes: 0

On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures. Votes: 0

It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane. Votes: 0

...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all. Votes: 0

The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter. Votes: 0

We do not want to destroy any people. It is precisely because we have been advocating coexistence that we have shed so much blood. Votes: 0

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom? Votes: 0

I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority Votes: 0

I do have people in mind when I write. I don't know precisely who they are, however, or how many of them there are. Votes: 0

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone. Votes: 0

The morality of scholarship, as currently practiced, is to encourage everyone to replace difficult pleasures by pleasures universally accessible precisely because they are easier. Votes: 0

Loneliness, dejection, the contempt or pity of people around you--these are unpleasant feelings. But they are precisely the things that produce genuine Dark Ones. Votes: 0

Religion is now viewed by many as a placebo or emotional crutch precisely because that is how we often pitch the gospel to unbelievers Votes: 0

Grammar to a writer is to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more precisely, to a deep-sea diver an oxygen tank. Votes: 0

It was necessary, temporarily, to limit certain requirements, accumulate necessary means, strain forces. We acted precisely in this way and built a socialist society. Votes: 0

If they don't go to law school, bright college graduates head to Wall Street precisely because they have no real plan for their careers. Votes: 0

The Nuremburg trials were attacked at the time as 'victor's justice'. And this is precisely what they were - and were intended to be. Votes: 0

The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it. Votes: 0

I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son. Votes: 0

Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need. Votes: 0

There were precisely two groups of people who desperately wanted airport security to be browbeaten into giving suspicious passengers a pass: terrorists and Democrats. Votes: 0

Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision. Votes: 0

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life. Votes: 0

It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament. Votes: 0

When you are frightened, you typically pull energy in to your center, seeing less, hearing less-shrinking consciousness precisely when you need to expand it. Votes: 0

How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed. Votes: 0

To its critics, the study of theology distracts from real life. But, at its best, theology inspires and informs precisely the committed and caring ministry. Votes: 0

If feminism has receded in visibility and prestige, it is precisely because its vision of life's goals and rewards has become too narrow and elitist. Votes: 0

The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery! Votes: 0

America's vulnerability comes precisely from its strength, its wealth, its power and its modernity. It's the usual story of the dog chasing its own tail. Votes: 0

When somebody criticise you, be happy and thankful because they have given you an opportunity to think about the matter more precisely and more detailed! Votes: 0

Posthumous men-myself, for example-are not as well understood as timely ones, but we are listened to better. More precisely: we are never understood-hence our authority. Votes: 0

Every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several States is today null and void, precisely as in every one against Negroes. Votes: 0

When it works, anticipation is far more fulfilling than surprise, because we are reminded that a sunrise is precisely as magnificent as it is inevitable. Votes: 0

For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly. Votes: 0

Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.' Votes: 0

Sound crazy? It may well be, but it is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest to conceal. p.215 Votes: 0

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. Votes: 0

I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them. Votes: 0

Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you. Votes: 0

For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment. Votes: 0

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17) Votes: 0

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. Votes: 0

Jed Perl writes precisely and ecstatically. Antoine' s Alphabet is a history and a fairy tale, a work of criticism, and a work of art. Votes: 0

On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe. Votes: 0

Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking. Votes: 0

Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men. Votes: 0

Geniuses and prophets do not usually excel in professional learning, and their originality, if any, is often due precisely to the fact that they do not. Votes: 0

The Zen master can see precisely what it will take to cause your awareness to become free. But the Zen master can't do it for you. Votes: 0

I am in no way different from anyone else, that my predicament, my sense of aloneness or isolation may be precisely what unites me with everyone. Votes: 0

Catholicism is a matter of the body and the senses as much as it is a matter of the mind, precisely because the Word became flesh. Votes: 0

Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain. Votes: 0

Today, it is especially difficult for most people to understand our perilous global energy situation precisely because it has never been more important to do so. Votes: 0

What is it precisely, that they are doing when they are doing science. Are they refining their instruments for observation or discovering new aspects of reality? Votes: 0

Self-projection is, more often than not, the move of the minor craftsman, of the tactics of the hour whose inherent weakness is, precisely, that of originality. Votes: 0

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely. Votes: 0

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely Votes: 0

There is no fixed, true and real person inside of you or me, precisely because being a person necessarily implies becoming a person, being in process. Votes: 0

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction. Votes: 0

Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time. Votes: 0

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production. Votes: 0

Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children. Votes: 0

The big problem is that people don't believe a revolution is possible, and it is not possible precisely because they do not believe it is possible. Votes: 0

Hillary [Clinton] has a really broad approach to engaging people around policy precisely because she understands that there are so many different dimensions to each issue. Votes: 0

The joy of painting lies precisely in the challenge of memory and the challenge of translation from the lived experience to the two-dimensional or three-dimensional symbol. Votes: 0

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. Votes: 0

What is like a smelly fart, that, although invisible is obvious? One's own faults, that are precisely As obvious as the effort made to hide them. Votes: 0

There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the Federal Reserve system, not precisely the same but similar. Votes: 0

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do Votes: 0

So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort. Votes: 0

What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected. Votes: 0

So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort. Votes: 0

Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust. Votes: 0

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do. Votes: 0

The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the "best" sources. Votes: 0

If you've led a rather bohemian and rackety life, as I have, it's precisely the cancer that you'd expect to get. That's a bit of a yawn. Votes: 0

We are in danger of valuing most highly those things we can measure most accurately, which means that we are often precisely wrong rather than approximately right Votes: 0

This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments. Votes: 0

Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy, delightfully so. Votes: 0

If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the "state of progressive collapse" is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering All Things. Votes: 0

Communication is a science as well as an art. What does speaking precisely mean? You are consciously communicating with another person at that person's frequency, not yours. Votes: 0

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors; they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating. Votes: 0

But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering. Votes: 0

Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan. Votes: 0

It is precisely in times of spiritual dryness that we must hold on to our spiritual discipline so that we can grow into new intimacy with God. Votes: 0

It's precisely because of the pain, the we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive"”or at least a partial sense of it. Votes: 0

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. Votes: 0

I suspect that all the agony that goes into writing is borne precisely because the writer longs for acceptance-but it must be acceptance on his own terms. Votes: 0

To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self.... And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self. Votes: 0

American life, in large cities, is a perpetual assault on the senses and the nerves; it is out of asceticism, out of unworldliness, precisely, that we bear it. Votes: 0

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow. Votes: 0

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core. Votes: 0

Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client asks and reinterpret it. Votes: 0

The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the artist's own era. Votes: 0

The essentials of being a person of my type lies precisely in what they think and how they think, not in what they do. Your thoughts shape you. Votes: 0

I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation. Votes: 0

You cant just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that. Votes: 0

About what we neither know nor feel precisely while awake-whether we have a good or a bad conscience toward a certain person-our dreams instruct us fully and unambiguously. Votes: 0

A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo. Votes: 0

You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that. Votes: 0

The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for any superfluous leg. Votes: 0

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within. Votes: 0

When a situation feels dangerous to you, it's probably more safe than you know; when a situation feels safe, that is precisely when you should feel on guard. Votes: 0

The shape of evil is much more superficiality and blindness than the usual list of hot sins. God hides, and is found, precisely in the depths of everything. Votes: 0

I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly. Votes: 0

The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable. But to achieve the marvelous, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. Votes: 0

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. Votes: 0

The riddle of Mozart is precisely that "the man" refuses to be a key for solving it. In death, as in life, he conceals himself behind his work. Votes: 0

Revolution does have to be violent precisely because the Pharaoh won't let you go. If the Pharaoh would let you go, the revolution won't have to be violent. Votes: 0

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that is precisely the kind that we mainly have. Votes: 0

Social media is addictive precisely because it gives us something which the real world lacks: it gives us immediacy, direction, a sense of clarity and value as an individual. Votes: 0

To invoke the origin of the DNA/protein machine by invoking a supernatural Designer is to explain precisely nothing - for it leaves unexplained the origin of the Designer. Votes: 0

I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it. Votes: 0

The Sims is an escapist vehicle for people who want to escape to where they already are, which is why I thought this game was made precisely for me. Votes: 0

Truth is merely common sense, say the naive realist. Really? Then where, precisely, is the location of--a rainbow? In the air? In the eye? In between? Or somewhere else? Votes: 0

We still nurse a sense of our homogeneity and difference from others, and that's precisely what the European Union, in my view, should be doing its best to undermine. Votes: 0

One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. Votes: 0

It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. Votes: 0

Step confidently forward in the precisely the direction that is the most challenging to you. Because in that same direction, you'll also find what is most rewarding to you. Votes: 0

Or more precisely, is there anything I can do for you, ma'am? (Waiter) "˜How about a bag for my head, or a stick to beat Lanie with?' (Grace) Votes: 0

We're extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself. Votes: 0

Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with itself without spoken sound. Votes: 0

It's precisely in those moments when I don't know what to do, boredom drives one to try a host of possibilities to either get somewhere or not get anywhere. Votes: 0

Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you were before you asked. Votes: 0

I have come to the conclusion that imperialism and exploitation are forms of cannibalism and, in fact, are precisely those forms of cannibalism which are most diabolical or evil. Votes: 0

Driving jobholders out of office is like the old discredited policy of driving prostitutes out of town. Their places are immediately taken by others who are precisely like them. Votes: 0

I don't know that I could draw one that's perfect. But I'd rather by approximately right than precisely wrong, and it would be precisely wrong to turn it down. Votes: 0

The net effect of Clarence Darrow's great speech yesterday seemed to be precisely the same as if he had bawled it up a rainspout in the interior of Afghanistan. Votes: 0

Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role. Votes: 0

Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. Votes: 0

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject. Votes: 0

Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down? Votes: 0

My work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written. And precisely this second part is the important one. Votes: 0

You have to be precisely in the moment in order to box. And I just love that. I just love the idea of right now we're here, be here. Votes: 0

Politics and war were just different names for power, and the price of power was predictably high and could be precisely measured-in dollards,yen,euros,rubles,riyals, and blood. Votes: 0

One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. Votes: 0

As tradition, the female element clings to the old art and opposes anything new - precisely because each new art moves further away from the natural appearance of things. Votes: 0

The UN platform was created precisely for this, to seek compromise, to communicate with one another. So it will definitely be nice if we make use of this platform. Votes: 0

The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. Votes: 0

[She] knew that it was not precisely a body that one loved. One loved the man who shone out through the eyes and used its mouth to smile and speak. Votes: 0

Science differs from politics or religion, in precisely this one discipline: we agree in advance to simply reject our own findings when they have been shown to be in error. Votes: 0

I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author's sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand but not in the left... Votes: 0

Technique does not need to be interpreted. It interprets itself. You have to choose the right objects and focus on them precisely and they will tell you their own stories. Votes: 0

A mind that is interested in changing...is interested precisely in the things that are at extremes. I'm certainly like that. Unless we go to extremes, we won't get anywhere. Votes: 0

UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate. Votes: 0

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them. Votes: 0

We need to remind each other that the cup of sorrow is also the cup of joy, that precisely what causes us sadness can become the fertile ground for gladness. Votes: 0

Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor. Votes: 0

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength. Votes: 0

I shouldn't precisely have chosen madness if there had been any choice, but once such a thing has taken hold of you, you can't very well get out of it. Votes: 0

If you ask me, what is helpful to creativity is training the eye to notice things, to observe closely and precisely, being careful not to make a muddle of it. Votes: 0

The jargon of sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner. Votes: 0

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it Votes: 0

You can get good science out of stupid questions. If someone says the world is flat, maybe in proving them wrong you can calculate the curvature of the Earth more precisely. Votes: 0

I think there is a danger that an environmental crisis can be used in precisely the same way as the terrorist threat can be used in terms of giving up freedom. Votes: 0

There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for common citizenship for people of all races and all natures in the United States. Votes: 0

If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return. Votes: 0

Our life here on Earth has as its purpose precisely to prepare for our eternal happiness. This world is a large womb. It is a 'test' as all opportunities are tests. Votes: 0

It means that the silver coins of the United States at whatever ratio is fixed, and I want the present ratio that we have now, 16 to 1, maintained precisely as it is. Votes: 0

So as soon as you want something to happen you begin skewing the data to support it. Our stuff is invaluable to decision-makers precisely because we have no ax to grind. Votes: 0

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men. Votes: 0

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist. Votes: 0

I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn't need to. If the thing is there, why, there it is. Votes: 0

Radiance belongs to being considered precisely as beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the eye, or the ear, or the mind, and makes us want to perceive it again Votes: 0

Yes, we who are full to the gorge with misery should look well around, doubting everything seen, done, spoken, precisely because we have a word for it, and not its alchemy Votes: 0

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past. Votes: 0

Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know. Votes: 0

At the soul level, we get precisely what we need in our lives for our spiritual growth. How we judge what we get determines whether we experience life as painful or joyful. Votes: 0

For no man is damned precisely because God hath not chosen him, because he is not elected, but because he is a sinner, and doth wilfully refuse the means of grace offered. Votes: 0

When you feel the need to have the right person show up in your life, affirm: 'I know the right person is arriving in divine order at precisely the perfect time.' Votes: 0

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization. Votes: 0

K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one of two lofty columns in] the great temple of Jarute. Votes: 0

I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely... for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less. Votes: 0

The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art. Votes: 0

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end. Votes: 0

Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lain their power and their charm. Votes: 0

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. Votes: 0

A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing. Votes: 0

Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own. Votes: 0

Up to now we have faced external problems in an isolated fashion. One of these problems is precisely the drug trade and what has been the result? A very weak and fragile position. Votes: 0

I shaved this morning for precisely that reason. I was like, 'Well, you never know when someone is going to clamp down on your calf and try to suck out the snake poison. Votes: 0

Why doesn't God just force us to do the things he knows to be right? It is because that would lose precisely that which he has intended in our creation: freely chosen character. Votes: 0

It is precisely because we cannot see God that we can only know that our prayer is valid by the effect it has upon our lives, by the way we treat our neighbor. Votes: 0

I had been astonished to find myself in the middle of the war yet not be able to find it, unable to accept that in fact the war consisted precisely of this stasis. Votes: 0

A nation has honor precisely as it has fleas -- on this or that body. The statesman who talks of honor -- unless he means something else, quite different -- is a rogue ... Votes: 0

I'm convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him. Votes: 0

My experience is that it's precisely the ones who don't know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what they are going to do with another life. Votes: 0

My faith in the proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is exclusively his own lies at the foundation of the sense of justice there is in me. Votes: 0

You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that. Votes: 0

We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn. Votes: 0

The real history, the one that counts and is not to be found in books, is precisely this one, the one made by simple men; and it is the only one that rules the world. Votes: 0

We have to be back in three hours', Ronan said. 'I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again.' 'This', Gansey replied, 'is precisely why I didn't want to have a baby with you. Votes: 0