Thomas Hobbes Quotes

In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.

Thomas Hobbes

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Work
  • Help
  • Health

• All human beings are, in fact, born with dozens of mutations their parents lacked, and a few of those mutations could well be lethal if we didn't have two copies of every gene, so one can pick up the slack if the other malfunctions.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Up
  • Parents
  • Human

• I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.

  

  Eddy Arnold
  • Trying
  • Me
  • Audience

• I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
  • People
  • Life
  • Blessed

• The underdog winning is the romantic position.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Winning
  • Romantic
  • Underdog

• You never realise that you have an impact on people's lives. There are so many girls that go through so many problems and who come to me. I really try and take time to speak to as many people as possible.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • People
  • Time
  • Impact

• My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Good
  • Home
  • Car

• I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Wish
  • Privacy
  • I Wish

• A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Man
  • Dragon
  • Button

• I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything I'm doing.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Time
  • Work
  • Job

• We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

  

  Quintilian
  • Difficulty
  • Sloth
  • Pretext

• Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Think
  • Want
  • Strong

• Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Enthusiasm
  • Common Sense

• Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Great
  • Career
  • Best

• Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Medicine

• I'm one of the luckiest people on earth.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • People
  • Earth
  • Luckiest

• Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Character
  • Control
  • Look

• I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Song
  • Me
  • Romantic

• I remember my late father, who was the biggest football fan I have ever known, used to stress when I was younger that, win or lose, you always have to compete with honor.

  

  Adam Richman
  • Remember
  • Father
  • Football

• The concept of democracy is a fucking joke. Rock’s supposed to shake things up and say, ‘Fuck that, this is shit, man! Let’s burn down the Houses of Parliament!’

  

  Matt Bellamy Muse
  • Democracy
  • Joke
  • Houses Of Parliament

• I love comedies, and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. 'The Other Guys' was not lazy.

  

  Louis Leterrier
  • Lazy

• We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years old, I was always over at the ballpark practicing or playing or doing something pertaining to baseball. And when I wasn't doing that, I was bouncing a rubber ball off the steps of my front porch at home.

  

  Bobby Doerr
  • Home
  • Baseball

• Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • World
  • Mind
  • Power

• In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.

  

  Thomas Hobbes
  • Democracy
  • Orators
  • Demagogs