Quotes having the keyword Sum
To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
by Brent Scowcroft (Public Servant, American , born in 1925) keywords: best, bet, counsel, deal, did, him, hussein, internal, iraq, know, nor, our, position, saddam, since, situation, sum, take, took , up To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.
by Eduard Shevardnadze (Politician , born in 1928) keywords: been, found, friends, looked, our, policy, sum, throughout, up , world On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger.
by Hu Shih (Philosopher, Chinese , born in 1891) keywords: achievement, basis, better, biological, death, decay, historical, immortality, individual, knowledge, larger, lives, recognize, self, should, sociological, subject, sum, total , worse It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.
by Clifford D. Simak (Writer, American , born in 1904) keywords: any, certainty, earth, however, life, only, purpose, seems, speak, sum, total , upon Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.
by Matthew Simpson (Clergyman, American , born in 1811) keywords: contact, events, few, history, how, important, know, little, lived, men, past, personal, seen, some, sum, these, whole, witnessed, world , years Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Novelist, American , born in 1904) keywords: even, his, man, originality, seen, sentences, single, sum, thinking, total, words , writing In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
by Mac Thornberry (Politician, American , born in 1958) keywords: always, assuming, cheap, energy, flipped, fuel, go, granted, lights, our, plenty, sum, switch, took, vehicles , would The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
by Leo Tolstoy (Novelist, Russian , born in 1828) topics: Patriotism keywords: cruel, founded, greater, more, patriotism, power, state, suffering, sum, upon, which , wrong I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I was taught the difference between right and wrong as it specifically applied to Catholicism.
by Robert Vaughn (Actor, American , born in 1932) keywords: applied, aspects, between, boyhood, catholicism, could, difference, life, religious, right, saying, specifically, sum, suppose, taught, time, up , wrong What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.
by Alfred de Vigny (Poet, French , born in 1797) keywords: advance, along, cares, carries, civilization, complete, details, events, grand, indifferent, individuals, less, most, noble, rather, real, sum, than, them, total, values , which Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.
by Jimmy Wales (Businessman, American , born in 1966) keywords: access, doing, every, free, given, human, imagine, knowledge, person, planet, single, sum, which , world It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
by John Greenleaf Whittier (Poet, American , born in 1807) keywords: done, entirely, exactly, follow, hints, must, nor, said, sum, trying, up, use , yet Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night.
by Mary Lou Williams (Musician, American , born in 1910) keywords: always, churches, coming, dances, dates, dollar, end, even, hour, most, night, now, offers, paid, parties, per, play, regularly, society, sum, tipped , were If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.
by Walter Jon Williams (Writer, American , born in 1953) keywords: authors, collaborators, compliment, find, more, own, result, strengths, sum, than, whose , your Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world.
by Jeanette Winterson (Novelist, British , born in 1959) keywords: academics, body, book, consumes, each, her, his, love, make, sum, theories, work, world , writer I've said this forever - I've always believed the Today show is more than the sum of its parts.
by Jeff Zucker (Businessman, American , born in 1965) keywords: always, believed, forever, more, parts, said, show, sum, than , today
