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This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.
by Henry A. Wallace (Vice President, American , born in 1888) keywords: churches, democracy, dullness, failure, general, genuine, importance, individual, measure, our, regarding, schools, significance, spiritual, teach, vision , welfare There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own mind, and knows him as well as if she had ordered him after designs and specifications of her own.
by Charles Dudley Warner (Journalist, American , born in 1829) keywords: after, designs, exact, had, her, him, husband, knows, measure, mind, ordered, own, settled, she, specifications, taken, weighed, well, wife , world I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns. There is no reason for this measure, and this last-minute act violates all principles of judgment and common sense.
by John Warner (Politician, American , born in 1927) keywords: act, am, americans, breach, common, confidentiality, house, individual, judgment, last-minute, measure, member, outraged, principles, provision, reason, returns, sense, tax, through, traditional, tried , violates The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: after, authorized, congress, constitution, declaring, expedition, importance, measure, offensive, power, shall, subject, such, therefore, undertaken, until, upon, vests , war The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
by H. G. Wells (Author, English , born in 1866) keywords: been, between, done, hand, made, measure, might, only, other, ourselves, ratio, success, thing, things , true There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
by H. G. Wells (Author, English , born in 1866) keywords: bridges, devices, engineering, imperfection, iron, machinery, measure, nothing, oblige, railways, them, ugliness , ugly Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
by Benjamin Whichcote (Philosopher, British , born in 1609) keywords: could, else, evil, good, lay, measure, must, out, some, themselves, things , whereby Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
by John Whitingkeywords: avoidance, bit, couples, drastic, excellent, get, married, measure, should, tax , unmarried Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
by Walt Whitman (Poet, American , born in 1819) keywords: contain, enough, forever, itself, measure, out, provokes, says, speech, then, twin, unequal, vision, walt , why Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: act, america, came, colored, come, emancipation, enlightenment, humanitarian, manifestly, measure, military, necessity, process, race, reform, slower, social, war, without , would By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: achievement, any, enlightenment, faith, justified, measure, reasonable, science , thinkers But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.
by William J. Wilsonkeywords: best, businessman, character, creativity, doctor, lawyer, leadership, measure, necessarily, perseverance, person, sat, scored, tests, these, well , will Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.
by James Woods (Actor, American , born in 1947) keywords: community, deeds, evil, horrific, man, measure, nation, respond, self, sometimes , way Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: body, caught, hat, heart, measure, poet, shall, tangled, violence , woman In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by.
by Steve Wozniak (Businessman, American , born in 1950) keywords: could, ever, genius, life, mathematics, measure, parts, science, scores, some, top, would , yeah Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
by Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect, American , born in 1970) keywords: any, art, measure, qualities, repose, simplicity, true, value , work
