John Locke Quotes

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.

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• I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.

  

  Ian Lustick
  • Think
  • You
  • Terrorism

• I wasn't a comic book aficionado at all when I was a kid, but my cousin Weed was. Every time we went to visit him on the farm, he had two really fun things: comedy albums and comic books.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Time
  • Book
  • Fun

• Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • Door
  • Yourself
  • Snow

• BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.

  

  Arthur Ransome

• I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Responsibility
  • Religious
  • Humility

• I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you're trying to come up with a costume design.

  

  Ashley Wagner
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Design

• Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.

  

  Martin Rees
  • Science
  • Training

• In front of the camera I look and I see visually what I've created.

  

  Kim Weston

• I don't do the same show on any two nights.

  

  Trace Adkins

• Panic: A highly underrated capacity thanks to which individuals are able to indicate clearly that something is wrong.... Given their head, most humans panic with great dignity and imagination. This can be called democratic expression or practical common sense.

  

  John Ralston Saul
  • Great
  • Imagination
  • Thanks

• It still hasn't kicked in yet. I haven't had a second to think about it. And I don't physically have the Grammy! So I can't even look at it!

  

  Meghan Trainor
  • Have
  • Physically
  • Grammy

• The whole point of team competition is to pick your teammates up.

  

  Andy Roddick
  • Up
  • Team
  • Competition

• If we're serious about building an economy that lasts, we have got to get serious about education. We are going to have to pick up our games and raise our standards.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Up
  • Education
  • Serious

• The Cabal mocks the natural order. For its minions, death is just a pause between duties.

  

  Kamahl
  • Death

• Do not make too much haste on one's road.

  

  Chilon of Sparta
  • Road
  • Haste

• The noblest lord is ushered in By the practicing physician, And the humblest lout is ushered out By a certified mortician. And in between, they find their foyers Alive with summonses from lawyers.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Alive
  • Physicians
  • Foyers

• But the voice goes on, calling us, beckoning us, luring us to think that there might be such a thing as justice, as the world being put to rights, even though we find it so elusive. We're like moths trying to fly to the moon. We all know there's something called justice, but we can't quite get to it.

  

  N. T. Wright
  • World
  • Trying
  • Justice

• I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

  

  King James I
  • Govern
  • Weal

• All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Humility
  • Master

• The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • People
  • Think
  • Choice

• If all you are going to do in life are the things that are convenient and comfortable, the great things never get done.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Things
  • Comfortable
  • Convenient

• The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.

  

  John Locke Nazareth
  • Teaches
  • Govern
  • State Of Nature