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I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.
by Tom Glazer (Musician, American , born in 1914) keywords: been, career, downwards, ever, since, started, top, way , working An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.
by John Locke (Philosopher, English , born in 1632) keywords: always, balance, beams, downwards, every, excellent, invariable, man, metal, precious, upwards, varying, villain , way In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) topics: Equality keywords: admit, america, applies, doctrine, does, downwards, equal, everybody, inferiors, jefferson, men, only, onward, opinion, since, social, superiors, time , upwards Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
by William Whewell (Philosopher, English , born in 1794) keywords: accurately, always, bending, cord, downwards, fine, force, great, hence, horizontal, however, into, line, straight, stretch, which , will Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.
by Chauncey Wright (Philosopher, American , born in 1830) keywords: applies, come, downwards, even, habit, inorganic, life, limited, made, move, natural, nature, never, organic, part, pass, phenomena, rather, selection, should, stone, than, unsupported, upwards , very
