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“In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.”

Men Mean Poor Results Vision Movement Perfection Scope Confined Fallibility Humdrum

Book:The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion, and Enlightenment

Source: The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion, and Enlightenment

“We must accept all the implications of our human inheritance, one of the most important of which is the small scope of biologically transmitted behavior, and the enormous role of the cultural process of the transmission of tradition.”

Humans Important Process Accepting Roles Behavior Tradition Enormous Scope Inheritance Implications Transmission

Author:Ruth Benedict

“Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.”

Persons Ability Responsibility Responsible Scope

Author:Mary Abigail Dodge

“Personal prayer, it seems to me, is one of the simplest necessities of life, as basic to the individual as sunshine, food and water-and at times, of course, more so. By prayer I mean an effort to get in touch with the Infinite. We know that our prayers are imperfect. Of course they are. We are imperfect human beings. A thousand experiences have convinced me beyond room of doubt that prayer multiplies the strength of the individual and brings within the scope of his capabilities almost any conceivable objective.”

“Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.”

Spiritual Limits Intellectual Intellect Limitation Realms Spiritual Life Scope Prowess

Author:Mata Amritanandamayi

“It's really incumbent upon us as life's agents to extend life to another planet. I think that being a multi-planet species will significantly increase the richness and scope of the human experience.”

Thinking Humans Planets Walking Moon Increase Species Agents Human Experience Scope Richness Star Gazing Incumbents

Author:Elon Musk

“Revolutions are notorious for allowing even non-participants -- even women! -- new scope for telling the truth since they are themselves such massive moments of truth, moments of such massive participation.”

Moments Revolution Telling The Truth Massive Allowing Participation Scope Rebellious Participants Notorious Moment Of Truth

Book:The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys

Source: The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys

“Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth but there's scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.”

Ifs Want Writing Has Beens Book Teach Witty Screens Journalist Ironic Blank Scope

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters, the scope of people recognizing you gets a little wider.”

People Littles Theater Broadway Recognizing Scope Posters Showing Up

Author:Dan Fogler

“I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Film Social Deals Theme Our Society Smallest Units Scope

Author:Atom Egoyan

“If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope when compared to the rest of music in the world.”

Ifs World Stills Style Jazz Experiments Scope

Author:Don Ellis

“I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.”

Trying Eye Sticks Pursue Scope Needles

Author:Sheena Easton

“I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.”

People Looks Enemy Special Hair Crosses Target Scope Something Special Psych

Author:Chris Kyle

“Improved perception of our somatic feelings not only gives us greater knowledge of ourselves but also enables greater somatic skill, facility, and range of movement that can afford our sensory organs greater scope in giving us knowledge of the world. Besides augmenting our own possibilities of pleasure , such improved somatic functioning and awareness can give us greater power in performing virtuous acts for the benefit of others, since all action somehow depends on the efficacy of our bodily instrument.”

“In terms of wilderness preservation, Alaska is the last frontier. This time, given one great final chance, let us strive to do it right. Not in our generation, nor ever again, will we have a land and wildlife opportunity approaching the scope and importance of this one.”

Lasts Opportunity Given Term Nature Chance Generations Land Importance Strive Finals Wilderness Preservation Scope Frontiers Wildlife Alaska Our Generation

Author:Mo Udall