Quotes having the keyword Acts
The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.
by Edward Thorndike (Psychologist, American , born in 1874) keywords: acts, because, brain, coarse, connections, dog, each, fashion, few, hand, his, ideas, other, process , single I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.
by Tiberius (Statesman , Roman) keywords: acts, always, am, any, beware, binding, change, consistent, itself, long, man, might, never, precedent, sake, senate, senses, shall, should, since, some, suffer, support, through , ways What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
by Mark Twain (Author, American , born in 1970) keywords: acts, head, himself, his, known, led, life, little, none, part, person, real, wee , words For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.
by Robert Vaughn (Actor, American , born in 1932) keywords: acts, discipline, example, exceptional, myself, personally, reward, specific , tend I sincerely believe I could have wounded up in a lot of trouble if I had not been taught as a boy to fear Hell, and to believe that certain wicked acts could lead me to damnation.
by Robert Vaughn (Actor, American , born in 1932) keywords: acts, been, believe, boy, certain, could, damnation, fear, had, hell, lead, lot, sincerely, taught, trouble, up, wicked , wounded There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
by Gore Vidal (Novelist, American , born in 1925) keywords: acts, heterosexual, homosexual, impulses, mixture, most, only, person, practices, such , thing The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be visible only to the eye of God, until the end, which will reveal it perhaps to the last man.
by Alfred de Vigny (Poet, French , born in 1797) keywords: acts, coherent, doubtless, enacted, end, eye, god, human, last, man, meaning, only, perhaps, race, reveal, stage, tragedy, unity, until, vast, visible, which, will , world Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
by Vernor Vinge (Writer, American , born in 1944) keywords: acts, adapt, animals, case, faster, inventions, make, natural, often, own, problems, selection, simulator, than, work , world Wars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society. What man has made, man can change.
by Frederick M. Vinson (Judge, American , born in 1890) keywords: acts, caused, change, god, his, institutions, made, man, man-made, organized, society, wars, way , which Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.
by Peter De Vries (Novelist, American , born in 1910) keywords: acts, been, end, god, hope, kind, laboring, providence, put, speedy, under, us, which , will Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
by Denis Waitley (Writer , American) keywords: acts, based, body, dwells, expectations, limitations, mind, most, often, our, ourselves, own, success, upon, will , your Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.
by Edward Weston (Photographer, American , born in 1886) keywords: accurately, active, acts, age, bodies, decisively, down, ideas, imagery, medium, mind, minds, painting, perfect, photography, prolific, quickly, sculpting, sees, slowed, suits, teeming, temper, whose, worker , would Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: acts, deeds, only, out, passed, speak, suffice, time, will , words Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest.
by Rowan Williams (Theologian, English , born in 1950) keywords: acts, administration, agreed, analogous, attention, due, interest, international, judge, own, person, persons, private, process, state, undertaken, violence, visible, way , without That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
by William Wordsworth (Poet, English , born in 1770) keywords: acts, best, his, kindness, life, little, love, man, nameless , portion The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
by William Wordsworth (Poet, English , born in 1770) keywords: acts, best, good, his, kindness, life, little, love, man, nameless , portion A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.
by Boris Yeltsin (Statesman, Russian , born in 1931) keywords: acts, bloody, civilian, country, moscow, other, our, over, population, result, suffered, swept, terrorist, total, towns, villages , wave
