Joseph Butler Quotes
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.Joseph Butler
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
Ziggy Marley -
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson -
To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
Vanilla Ice -
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
Vin Scully -
It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
Malcolm Forbes -
I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
Edgar Meyer
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
Salman Khan -
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
Daniel Bell -
You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
Larry Gagosian -
I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
Randy Houser -
Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
Patricia Polacco -
Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
Maiara Walsh
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Those who go along get along.
Sam Snead -
When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.
J. K. Simmons -
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
J. B. Pritzker -
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
Tecumseh -
Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
Gary Sherman
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I was tough at a very young age, where I was just fighting all the time.
Jake LaMotta -
The sense in which an automatic door 'understands instructions' from its photoelectric cell is not at all the sense in which I understand English.
John Searle -
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
Sai Baba -
Whether you say you can't or you can, you're right.
Walt Disney -
As a sport, we lose a lot more than we win.
Ben Maher -
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.
Joseph Butler