Quotes with attribute

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  • Karl Kraus The ultimate aim of psychoanalysis is to attribute art to mental weakness, and then to trace the weakness back to the point where, according to analytic dogma, it originated - namely, the lavatory.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Agatha Christie There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • B. F. Skinner Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a person we cannot see, whose behavior we cannot explain either but about whom we are not inclined to ask questions.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Using the word 'bossy' for girls can be quite harmful. What is that saying - that being focused, being assertive, being the boss has a negative attribute? And I have heard that term associated more with women than with men. 'He's so bossy' - you don't hear that. It's a very subtle thing.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Jean de la Fontaine We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
    Jean de la Fontaine
    French writer (1621 - 1695)
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  • Henry David Thoreau We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Alfred P. Sloan When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Philip Roth You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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