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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive...

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about virtue

According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent...

According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.

Quote by Jim Fowler about work

According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.

Quote by Robert De Niro about sex, man

According to most Tech Support people, the most common...

According to most Tech Support people, the most common user error message regardless of Operating System is ID 10T.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, error, common sense, people

According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time.

Quote by Grazia Deledda about faith, christmas, old, end, time

According to the quantic theory of gravitation, even the mystic god keeps being fascinated by the mystery of creation, as 'the thing entered in itself', in the power of imagination.

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about eternity

People usually think according to their inclinations, ...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation, people

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a...

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Quote by John Adams about power, liberty, self-control, thinking

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about quality, virtue, happiness, nature, life, contentment

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of...

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

Quote by Placido Domingo about destiny

The disposition of a fleet, while proceeding on a voyage, will in some measure depend on particular circumstances; as the difficulty of the navigation; the necessity of dispatch, according to the urgency or importance of the expedition: or the...

Quote by William Falconer about expectation, difficulties, circumstances, measure, enemies

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.

Quote by Jim Fowler about earth, future, respect, nature

You go according to what people dictate. They like it;...

You go according to what people dictate. They like it; they want to hear me. I put the tickets on sale and they bought them.

Quote by Whitney Houston about nation, people, contentment

Casanova, he had no money and no power, and according to some, he even was cute. But he had talent to live, and some literature talent. I love how he invented himself.

Quote by Mick Jagger about talent, literature, money, power, love

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth, man

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

Quote by Franz Kafka about suffering, nature, contentment, world

The number of horses you own increases according to the...

The number of horses you own increases according to the number of stalls in your barn.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, contentment

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.

Quote by Thomas Paine about thinking, mind

God is the master who measures the disease and the stars....

God is the master who measures the disease and the stars. He has orderd everything according to His wisdom, who can fathom it.

Quote by Paracelsus about god, celebrity, stars, wisdom

Let people be happy according to their own lights.

Let people be happy according to their own lights.

Quote by Bolesław Prus about happiness, people

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