Quotes with single-mindedness

Quotes 261 till 280 of 328.

  • Thomas Henry Huxley There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in which there is more need of good pilots and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot There is no single rule that governs the use of geometry. I don't think that one exists.
    New Scientist interview
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Bob Geldof There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Abu Bakar Bashir There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.
    Abu Bakar Bashir
    Indonesian Muslim cleric (1938 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw There is not one single established religion that an intelligent, educated man can believe.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • John Frederick Boyes There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How strange that so few of us try a course of the same medicine!
    John Frederick Boyes
    English scholar of classics (1811 - 1879)
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  • Carl Van Vechten There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage.
    Carl Van Vechten
    American writer and photographer (1880 - 1964)
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  • Mark Twain There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as ''American.''
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bruce Bennett There was only a single sharpshooter up in the trees to keep the croc away from me.
    Bruce Bennett
    American actor (1906 - 2007)
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  • Bill Burr There's a critical point, when you've stayed single too long, that your brain switches from No, don't say that to Eh, fuck it. Say it, see what happens.
    Why Do I Do This?
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Barry Sternlicht There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
    Barry Sternlicht
    billionaire and the (1960 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert There's nothing like having somebody that loves every single bit of you, and that you love the same way, to actually, really share it with.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Jean de la Bruyère They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Louise Erdrich They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Hermann Broch Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.
    Hermann Broch
    Austrian writer (1886 - 1951)
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  • Buddha Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont Throughout my life, I have seen narrow-shouldered men, without a single exception, committing innumerable stupid acts, brutalizing their fellows and perverting souls by all means. They call the motive for their actions fame.
    Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
    French author, poet (1846 - 1870)
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  • Abdul Kalam To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Aristotle To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in two bodies.''
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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