Degrees Quotes - Page 6

The divide between me and the modern world is growing further because I to a larger degree manage to rid myself of my dependence on the modern world. If the modern world collapsed tomorrow I would be fine, and I see so many others who would not be.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded.

Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty -- some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.

We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.

I was snorting a lot of cocaine and I had lost myself to a great degree. A lot of people, everybody was starting to realize what the coke was all about and they were all starting to get lost.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness.

To be successful in life what you need is education.

We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

I AM is a feeling of permanent awareness. The very center of consciousness is the feeling of I AM. I may forget who I am, where I am, what I am, but I cannot forget that I Am. The awareness of being remains, regardless of the degree of forgetfulness of who, where, and what I am.

Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: Saint.

Because of poor posture, practically 95% of our population suffers from varying degrees of spinal curvature, not to mention more serious ailments. Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.

Employ whatever God has entrusted you with, in doing good, all possible good, in every possible kind and degree.

Only a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest possible degree of efficiency.

Over the years, however, the research evidence keeps piling up, and it points strongly to the conclusion that a high degree of empathy in a relationship is possibly the most potent and certainly one of the most potent factors in bringing about change and learning.

No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly

I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.

Happiness is in its highest degree the sister of goodness.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

Why let them order you about? Why let them tell you to hurry and scurry like ants or maggots? Take your time! Saunter a while! Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the breeze, let life carry you at your own pace! Don't be slaves of time, it's a helluva way to die, slowly, by degrees...down with the Ticktockman!

North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit the mailing list.