Quotes with single-mindedness

Quotes 321 till 328 of 328.

  • E. F. Schumacher An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.
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  • George Eliot For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities -a willing movement of a man's soul with the larger sweep of the world's forces -a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Alfred Jodl It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
    Alfred Jodl
    German general and war criminal (1890 - 1946)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Pray. To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Bill Dedman The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a single day when 17 mansions slid down a hill in 2005 in Laguna Beach, Calif.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Elias Canetti The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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