William Godwin Quotes

There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue.

William Godwin

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• I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Believe
  • True
  • Same

• I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.

  

  Barbara Feldon
  • Man
  • You
  • Hand

• Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Age
  • Perfect
  • Fire

• Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Chocolate
  • Weakness
  • Belgian

• I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.

  

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • Two
  • Jazz
  • Bass

• When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Dream
  • Sometimes
  • Better

• I don't think there is much American music.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Music
  • American
  • Think

• We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.

  

  Dana Boente
  • Government
  • Forward
  • Where

• At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.

  

  F. L. Lucas
  • Long
  • History
  • Grace

• Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.

  

  Felicity Huffman
  • Women
  • Health
  • Congress

• Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism.

  

  Dalton McGuinty
  • Kids
  • Future
  • Creativity

• I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • Wrong
  • Choosing

• I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.

  

  Gary Player
  • Human
  • More
  • Lived

• I lie, I cheat, and I steal.

  

  Eddie Guerrero
  • Lie
  • Cheat
  • Steal

• So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • People
  • Food
  • Favorite

• Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

  

  A. R. Ammons
  • Experience
  • Opinion
  • Direct

• And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.

  

  Zola Jesus
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Release

• I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her old age, my mother got her home health care from a guy who was gay, who was wonderful to her. Before she died, she rode a float in the Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Up
  • Home
  • She

• Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?

  

  Wyclef Jean Fugees
  • Country
  • England
  • Received

• I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Long
  • Wine
  • Trail

• A veritable incubator of short cuts, schemes and devices to overcome the truth.

  

  David Stockman
  • Overcoming
  • Devices
  • Schemes

• I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

  

  William Lloyd Garrison
  • Justice
  • Excuse
  • Harsh

• Animals don’t follow unstable pack leaders; only humans promote, follow, and praise instability. Only humans have leaders who can lie and get away with it. Around the world, most of the pack leaders we follow today are not stable. Their followers may not know it, but Mother Nature is far too honest to be fooled by angry, frustrated, jealous, competitive, stubborn, or other negative energy - even if it is masked by a politician’s smile.

  

  Cesar Millan
  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Follow

• There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue.

  

  William Godwin
  • Justice
  • Humans
  • Given