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To use computers for studing concrete matters, man has to...

To use computers for studing concrete matters, man has to learn to think accurate and abstract.

Quote by Grigore Moisil about computers, use, man

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a...

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about progress

It's a competing interest that matters.

It's a competing interest that matters.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about interest

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about tests, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with...

Quote by Gerry Adams about equality, patience, eyes, human imperfections, day, face

The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full.

Quote by Gerry Adams about day, good, good luck, time

All that truly matters is your home and the life you have...

All that truly matters is your home and the life you have established.

Quote by Armand Assante about life, home

Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.

Quote by Hans Eysenck about diplomacy, tact, politics, science, affair, things

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about time, man

What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic...

What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, magic

It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you...

It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you say you're going to do.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

If you mess up your children, nothing else you do really...

If you mess up your children, nothing else you do really matters.

Quote by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis about children, nothing

But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now.

Quote by Rudolf Otto about religion, lie, justice

My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a...

Quote by Camille Paglia about liberty, democracy, thinking, state, use

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

Quote by Thomas Paine about religion, humanity, justice, idea, moral, god

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we...

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

Quote by Trey Parker about time

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact, if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.

Quote by Talcott Parsons

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their...

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about feelings, indifference, man

We conceal it from ourselves in vain we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about love, moment, man

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about pleasure, security, faith, moral

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