A Quotes
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“Any survey of the free world's defense structure cannot fail to impart a feeling of regret that so much of our effort and resources must be devoted to armaments.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959
“Any survival guide will tell you, don't buy a pair of combat boots before any disaster. They'll tear your feet up. Or water. Don't bring water with you because it'll tire you out and you'll lose too much fluid. Bring a water pump.”
“Any swagger is just defense. When youre reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance.”
“Any symptom can force you to go deeper into some area.”
“Any system based on competition will inherently promote inequality, division, and conflict.”
Source: The Unfinished Book About Who We Are
“Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.”
Source: Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together
“Any system is only as good as the metadata that it ingests.”
“Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment.”
“Any system of education...which limits instruction to the arts and sciences and rejects the aids of religion in forming the characters of citizens, is essentially defective.”
“Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive”
“Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.”
“Any system of training which does not make a
knowledge of Scripture the first thing is unsafe and unsound.”
“Any system or blueprint for success is better than none at all. Think on paper.”
“Any system that aims to destroy, rather than to construct the world can’t be considered to be good before any person who has a sound mind.”
Source: Destiny of Liberty
“Any system that facilitates allegiance to pedigree or popularity is a most disgusting stain upon the honor of a civilized society.”
Source: Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law
“Any system that is deprived of its natural volatility, with government up (unintelligible) volatile, any system becomes very fragile.”
“Any system that sees aesthetics as irrelevant, that separates the artist from his product, that fragments the work of the individual, or creates by committee, or makes mincemeat of the creative process will, in the long run, diminish not only the product but the maker as well.”
“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a system will eventually collapse once its true light is discovered by the masses. Though some say that capitalism is a modern system, corruption has been the source for the demise of every great civilization.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.”
“Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.”
Source: The End of Eternity
“Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb--that may be the basic Lie and if we participate in believing it and acting (or rather not acting) on it we involve ourselves in the Lie and suffer dreadfully... which only reinforces that particular Lie.”
Source: The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
“Any system, biological, economic, or social, that gets so encrusted that it cannot self-evolve, a system that systematically scorns experimentation and wipes out the raw material of innovation, is doomed over the long term on this highly variable planet.”
Source: Thinking in Systems: A Primer
“Any systematic body of knowledge is science. The more systematic the body of knowledge is the more scientific it is.”
“Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration.”
“Any take, anything that's recorded while the mic is on, that could be the final take.”
“Any talented decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters.”
“Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.”
“Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes.”
“Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills.”
“Any teacher can work to build strong relationships with parents and students without recruiting them for political battles. It all starts with recognizing and respecting the responsibility that all educators have to families.”
“Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.”
“Any teaching will not transform you as long as you are deeply attached to your body. Yoga is towards reducing this attachment.”
“Any teachings that fail to recognize Jesus Christ as the author of life, is absolutely antichrist.John 1:1-13.”
Source: God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible
“Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles. Effort is what ultimately separates great teams from ordinary teams.”
“Any team can have a bad century.”
“Any team I go to will get an extremely hard worker, someone who never wants to take a day off, loves to play the game and is dedicated to winning.”
“Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront.”
“Any team that does not win it's conference championship game should not play in the BCS title game”
“Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.”
“Any tear shed in sharing the heartbeat of God, any tear shed through Christlike loving empathy with our fellowmen, any tear born of the yearning constraint of the Holy Spirit is a tear by which we serve the Lord. Nothing pleases Christ more than for us to share with Him His burden for the world and its people. Nothing so weds us to the heart of Christ as our tears shed as we intercede for lost ones with Him. Then truly we become people after God's own heart. Then we begin to know what it is to be Christ's prayer partners.”
“Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.”
Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
“Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech - and both are still dangerous to this day - but human beings would not be human without them.”
“Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.”
“Any technology is just a skillful means and it's how you use it.”
“Any technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced.”
“Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced.”
“Any teen gets into a little trouble here and there. It's not hard to find trouble when you're looking for it as a kid.”
“Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster.”
“Any terrorists that have come here and committee acts from 9/11 have come here in some form of a visa.”