The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could...Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about progress, people
In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself.Quote by John Abizaid about enemies, word, contentment
I think the whole thing is about getting it wrong, and misjudging everything and screwing up. Comedy essentially is about that.Quote by Colin Firth about comedy, bad, things
The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too.Quote by Tom Hanks about age, olderness, being, people
It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water, also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the...Quote by Ivan Pavlov about food, water, man
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.Quote by Erich Fromm about nation, being, culture, sex, people
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own...Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about art, faith, ability, virtue, magic, nothing
Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.Quote by Alexis Carrel about jealousy, life
All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all alike equally impotent, they cannot be in reciprocal dependence upon one another.Quote by Nicolas Malebranche about god, union, being
To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.Quote by Jean Piaget about idea, knowledge, human imperfections
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.Quote by Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre about law, man