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The true humanist maintains a just balance between...

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy...

Quote by M. H. Abrams about tests, voice, ability

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about influence

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Quote by Joseph Addison about joy, conversation, friendship, self-control, happiness

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about good, good luck, books

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.

Quote by Sean Connery about chance

Don’t ever talk harsh about a cowboys Mother, dog, truck, ...

Don’t ever talk harsh about a cowboys Mother, dog, truck, bass boat, horse, collection of guns or his selection of chew.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, mother

Any piece you select as a closing number will have a...

Any piece you select as a closing number will have a final note one step higher than the first trumpet can play.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers

If there are two ways to spell a name, the wrong one will...

If there are two ways to spell a name, the wrong one will be selected.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about name, bad

After a concert, parents rave about the pop selection...

After a concert, parents rave about the pop selection played and say nothing about the test piece.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about tests, parents, nothing

Yes, I have a very wide selection, but nowadays if I buy...

Yes, I have a very wide selection, but nowadays if I buy a record I very rarely venture into unknown territory.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about commerce

To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, ...

To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective. Finally, writing transforms.

Quote by Claude Simon about literature, memory, writing, world

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.

Quote by Karl Jaspers about philosophy, essential, history

Talent is a divine gift from God, necessarily, but itselgf alone, without work, a lot of work, remains sterile. A quarter of talent and three quarters of work will born a work of art. Selected Works, VI RightWords Translation

Quote by Liviu Rebreanu about talent, work, gifts, art, magic, god

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