Quotes with set-up

Quotes 321 till 340 of 408.

  • Confucius To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Ben Gibbard To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didn't sign to Atlantic just for the money.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Campbell Brown To some people, Common Core means what it actually is, which is a set of standards. That's not necessarily most people. To other people, Common Core is a new curriculum that's been implemented at their school that they don't understand. It's applying new teaching tools.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10, 000 revolutions a minute. 2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. 3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • John Ruskin To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • A. E. Housman To-day, the road all runners come,
    Shoulder-high, we bring you home,
    And set you at your threshold down,
    Townsman of a stiller town.
    Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 19 (To an Athlete Dying Young), st. 2
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Denis Waitley Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Ben Feldman Usually, if I'm yelling at the TV, I'm in a bar. If I'm by myself, and it's not a game, I often find myself scolding reality stars that can't hear me through the television set.
    Ben Feldman
    American actor (1980 - )
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  • Antoine Lavoisier Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
    Antoine Lavoisier
    French nobleman and chemist (1743 - 1794)
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  • Francis Bacon Virtue is a rich stone, best plain set.
    Source: Essays: Of Beauty
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Francis Bacon Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Blake Farenthold We all went up to Washington on a mission to change things. What I found is that the Founding Fathers set it up where it's a little more difficult to do. We've got the Senate and the president to deal with.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Baruch Spinoza We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don't think it worth the trouble to set out in detail here the vacillations of mind that stem from hope and fear - since it follows simply from the definition of these affects that there is no hope without fear
    Source: Ethics, part 2
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Barbara Jordan We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
    Source: Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Thomas Paine We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.
    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Malaysian politician (1939 - )
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  • Dr. Jess Lair We inevitably doom our children to failure and frustration when we try to set their goals for them.
    Dr. Jess Lair
     
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  • Nicolas Chamfort We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Burt Rutan We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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