Quotes with highest-risk

Quotes 101 till 120 of 354.

  • Elbert Hubbard Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge I believe that the fewer the laws in a home the better; but there is one law which should be as plainly understood as the shining of the sun is visible at noonday, and that is, implicit and instantaneous obedience from the child to the parent, not only for the peace of the home, but for the highest good of the child.
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Ben Stein I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human.
    E! Online, 12-20-03
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Søren Kierkegaard I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Andrew Jackson I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Gore Vidal I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to write about marriage, because that's the most important thing there is for middle-class people.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Buffalo Bill I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Audre Lorde I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Ann Veneman I have to say that in this particular cow that we're dealing with, those parts of the cow were removed, and so we don't think there's any risk or very negligible risk to human health with this particular incident.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • William Shakespeare I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Martin Luther King I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Hedy Lamarr I was the highest-priced and most important star in Hollywood, but I was 'difficult.'
    Popcorn in Paradise (1980)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Austrian-American actress and inventor (1914 - 2000)
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  • Bill Clinton If a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office. If a football player doesn't want to get tackled or want the risk of an a occasional clip he shouldn't put the pads on.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Martin Luther If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.
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  • Peter Townshend If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple.
    Peter Townshend
    English musician, singer, songwriter (1945 - )
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  • Bob Woodward If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich If men were equally at risk from this condition - if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains - then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Boris Sidis If society is to progress on a truly humanistic basis, without being subject to mental epidemics and virulent social diseases to which the subconscious falls an easy victim, the personal consciousness of every individual should be cultivated to the highest degree possible.
    The Source and Aim of Human Progress (1919)
    Boris Sidis
    Ukrainian-American psychologist, psychiatrist, and philosopher (1867 - 1923)
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  • Robert Hewison If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.
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  • Ben Carson If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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