Michael Faraday Quotes
It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
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It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again!
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!
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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years ahead of my time. I played on certain principles, which neither Zukertort nor anyone else of his time understood. The players of today, such as Lasker, Tarrasch, Pillsbury, Schlechter and others have adopted my principles, and as is only natural, they have improved upon what I began, and that is the whole secret of the matter.
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How did you ever happen to remember that I might be hungry? But of course you would. Will you mind very much if I run myself into serious difficulties now and again after we are married, just for the pleasure of seeing you rise to the occasion?
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There's no gallery show or book or film. It's pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
