Quotes with think

Quotes 1741 till 1760 of 2445.

  • Bjarne Stroustrup The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close. For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
    The C++ Programming Language p.9
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Danish computer scientist (1950 - )
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  • Bryan Magee The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.
    Bryan Magee
    British philosopher, broadcaster, politician (1930 - 2019)
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  • John Tillotson The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
    John Tillotson
    British theologist (1630 - 1694)
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  • Ezra Pound The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Burke Marshall The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states.
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Bob Corker The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.
    Bob Corker
    American businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Barbara Olson The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oath, whether he did it willfully. I think that's required of any prosecutor who is charged with an investigation of this.
    Barbara Olson
    American lawyer (1955 - 2001)
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  • Ann Veneman The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food safety system and that our food is safe to eat.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Arthur Henderson The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Abraham Lincoln The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
    Second State of the Union address (1862)
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Carl Sagan The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Cass Sunstein The economic analysis of law has had many good ideas. It's had one great idea -like, world-transforming idea, I think. And the idea is, when you're stuck, minimize the sum of the costs of decisions and the costs of errors.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Beau Willimon The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Helene Deutsch The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: ''That is not what I meant by freedom - it is only social progress. ''
    Helene Deutsch
    Polish-American psychoanalyst (1884 - 1982)
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  • Brendan Behan The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • William Nicholson The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.
    Motherland (2012)
    William Nicholson
    British playwright, screenplay and novelist (1948 - )
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Boris Johnson The excitement is growing so much I think the Geiger counter of Olympo-mania is going to go zoink off the scale.
    On the forthcoming London Olympic Games. Daily Telegraph, 27 July 2012.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Boris Becker The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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