Quotes having the keyword Serves
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.
by William Scranton (Politician, American , born in 1917) keywords: affairs, citizens, direct, display, government, interest, relationship, serves, state, themselves , value There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
by William Shakespeare (Dramatist, English , born in 1970) keywords: affairs, afloat, bound, current, flood, fortune, full, leads, life, lose, men, miseries, must, now, omitted, our, sea, serves, shallows, such, take, taken, their, tide, ventures, voyage , which They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions.
by Eduard Shevardnadze (Politician , born in 1928) keywords: because, dance, happen, immediate, interests, making, pay, pensions, salaries, serves, song, their, tomorrow , will First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.
by Huston Smith (Theologian, American , born in 1919) keywords: because, breeds, community, differences, drawn, first, gets, heat, into, persuasion, political, really, religion, serves, soul, turns, up , violence It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.
by Tony Snow (Journalist, American , born in 1955) keywords: because, bush, dictatorships, free, freedom, lot, monarchies, more, notice, peaceable, president, promoting, serious, serves, societies , than Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem... ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a means of increasing legitimate human wants, as an agency of fair and economic competition in the distribution of goods, and as a stimulant to social progress.
by Daniel Starchkeywords: advertising, agency, competition, distribution, economic, fair, far, form, goods, human, increasing, justified, legitimate, means, printed, progress, seem, selling, serves, social, stimulant, ultimately, wants , would I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.
by Mark Strand (Poet, American , born in 1934) keywords: america, certainly, clear, cultural, cultures, mainstream, marginal, part, poetry, purpose, serves, societies, speak , very The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
by Igor Stravinsky (Composer, Russian , born in 1882) keywords: constraint, constraints, execution, frees, imposes, more, obtain, only, precision, self , serves He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.
by Jeremy Taylor (Clergyman, British , born in 1613) keywords: against, certain, conscience, god, good, him, his, man, own, reason, serves, speaks , therefore In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.
by William Irwin Thompson (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: black, cops, domain, economy, market, robbers, serves, shadow , structure Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.
by Lionel Trilling (Critic, American , born in 1905) keywords: advantage, helpless, make, misunderstanding, oneself, others, serves, understood , where A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: avoid, being, deceived, doctrine, doctrines, false, indispensable, itself, only, purpose , serves I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time". So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.
by Steven Wright (Comedian, American , born in 1955) keywords: any, breakfast, during, french, ordered, renaissance, restaurant, serves, time, toast , went
