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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger...

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Quote by Francis Bacon about philosophy, god

Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most...

Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, sex, time

The amount of time taken to successfully complete a...

The amount of time taken to successfully complete a software project is in direct proportion to the amount of Marketing input.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, time

The amount of space which is needed to work on a patient...

The amount of space which is needed to work on a patient varies inversely with the amount of space which is available to work on that patient.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, univers, work

The amount of sound from the other room is inversely...

The amount of sound from the other room is inversely proportional to the amount of trouble the child is getting into.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about children

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the...

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get.

Quote by Willie Aames

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she...

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.

Quote by Edward Abbey about state, woman, rightness

Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.

Quote by Randy Bachman about night, age, olderness, people

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public to hear interviews like this and that there will be an inevitable amount of fewer interviews if people that the press talks to wind up thinking, well, it's not really a CBS...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about press, thinking, idea, public, things, good, good luck, people

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about ignorance, education, nothing

Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about genius, talent, nothing

Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.

Quote by Warren Beatty about wealth, money, people

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, ...

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.

Quote by Michael Bolton about time

There's no need to do six engagements in a day. You can...

There's no need to do six engagements in a day. You can achieve the same amount of connection and consistency at a different pace.

Quote by Prince Andrew about need, day

You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people.

Quote by Prince Andrew about nation, people

If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball, it could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year.

Quote by George W. Bush about commerce

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and nobody in his right mind will believe this today.

Quote by Albert Camus about reality, society, mind, rightness, good, good luck, man

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of...

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Quote by Johnny Depp about lie

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

Quote by Princess Diana about children, good, good luck

Worse, legal approval of suicide amounts to a declaration...

Worse, legal approval of suicide amounts to a declaration to the old, sick and vulnerable that others consider their lives worthless.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about old, olderness

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